RISE is a Technically Impressive Oculus Rift Demo Built on Unreal Engine 4

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  • RISE is a Technically Impressive Oculus Rift Demo Built on Unreal Engine 4

    Continuing with the recent trend on all news being about virtual reality, comes this small bit of amazingness from a small group. RISE is a "fully immersive virtual reality experience that tells the story of a robot uprising from the perspective of a sentient robot agitator who’s been captured. The project explores the confluence of VR and science fiction cinema."

    And what better way to experience this than by running a demo of it using the Oculus Rift.


    The demo will be made available soon for Oculus Rift DK2 (development kit 2) owners. In case you just flew by the above video, you may want to actually watch it to see how much detail is crammed into the scene. There are even stray hairs on the man's jacket when they zoom in and the detail around the window is insane.

    Keep an eye on the Nurulize website for updates and future download possibilities.
    Director David Karlak teamed up with Nurulize to create a unique VR experience that captures every minute detail and allows participants to experience a cinematic moment frozen in time.

    RISE is a fully immersive virtual reality experience that tells the story of a robot uprising from the perspective of a sentient robot agitator who’s been captured. The project explores the confluence of VR and science fiction cinema.

    Creating the VR experience for RISE came with its share of technical challenges, particularly for the more innovative elements. Scott Metzger and the VR start-up Nurulize, that he co-founded, spearheaded the enormous task of creating a hyper-realistic virtual experience. Starting with the environment captured with FARO LIDAR scans, HDR photography, and the XXArray character captures, Scott Metzger and Nurulize used these enormous data sets to reconstruct the scene in its entirety.

    The project was one of the Oculus/Tribeca Storyscapes curated selections to be featured along at the Tribeca Film Festival 2014 Storyscapes event and was nominated for best Art Direction and the first annual VR Proto Awards.

    CREDITS
    Directed by DAVID KARLAK
    VR by SCOTT METZGER
    Produced by NURULIZE and DAVID KARLAK
    Written by MARCUS DUNSTAN & PATRICK MELTON
    Music by ZACK HEMSEY
    Sound design by JULIAN SLATER
    Starring RUFUS SEWELL & ANTON YELCHIN
    Character scans by ALEXX HENRY'S xxArray
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