With virtual reality becoming more prevalent, 360-degree video is growing as an art and storytelling form. Equipped with a 360 camera, Peninsula Press Reporter Anna Yelizarova set off on a journey around the world in 2016 to learn more about this new medium.
In the immersive video above, Yelizarova takes us to Iceland, Norway, Greece, India, Thailand and various places in the United States, as she demonstrates concepts in 360 video such as stitching, camera placement, directing attention and motion, as well as highlighting the challenges of producing 360 stories.
VIEWING ON COMPUTER: While the video is playing, drag your mouse around to view the various 360-degree perspectives.
VIEWING ON MOBILE DEVICE: To view in 360 degrees by utilizing your smartphone’s or tablet’s sensors, you must launch the video in the YouTube app.
Locations in order of appearance in this 360-degree video:
- Little Venice, Mykonos, Greece
- Taj Mahal, Agra, India
- Kex Hostel, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Acropolis, Athens, Greece
- San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA
- Stanford University, California, USA
- Little Venice Streets, Mykonos, Greece
- Trolltunga, Odda, Norway
- Santa Cruz Natural Bridges Beach, California, USA
- Troll Waterfalls, River Grimsa, Iceland
- Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, New Delhi, India
- Lightning in a Bottle Thunder Stage, California, USA
- Lightning in a Bottle Center Camp, California, USA
- Stanford Immersive Storytelling lab, California, USA
- Burning Man Boeing 747, Nevada, USA
- Fog, Mcloed Ganj, India
- Airstream at Burning Man, Nevada, USA
- Mai Khao Beach, Phuket, Thailand
- Boat Ride Around the Island, Santorini, Greece
- The Burn at Burning Man, Nevada, USA
- San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA
- Lightning in a Bottle Lightning Stage, California, USA
- Kex Hostel, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Geysir, Golden Circle, Iceland
- Streets, Varanasi, India
- Lightning in a Bottle Center Camp, California, USA
- Sutro Baths, California, USA
- Santa Cruz Natural Bridges Beach, California, USA
- Santa Cruz Natural Bridges Beach, California, USA
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Trolltunga, Odda, Norway
- Burning Man Sextant Camp, Nevada, USA
Anna is a passionate and dynamic individual who came to Silicon Valley four years ago from Montreal, Canada. Prior to university, she got really into video-making through her life as an athlete. At the age of 13, after her dad introduced her to video-editing software he used for work, she started traveling with an old-school camcorder on every water polo trip. These days, she melds that passion with modern technology through virtual reality and immersive storytelling. Her academic background is technical in nature. She completed a B.S. in computer science at Stanford, where she is currently pursuing a M.A in communication, doing research at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab. In the summer of 2016, as part of an exploration of 360 video, Anna started an immersive travel blog "Follow The White Rabbit," as she traveled the world documenting her adventures.