BBC is a major broadcast company in the United Kingdom. The company has also shown a keen interest in experimenting with newer technologies. Virtual reality can offer a lot of new opportunities. With BBC Earth’s Life in VR now available, it showcases the potential of documentary making in this immersive environment.
More VR Documentaries are Welcome
BBC Earth has put together a quite compelling VR documentary discussing the underwater natural history in virtual reality. Although it is fully animated rather than relying on real footage, it also creates a more immersive feeling overall. This is why VR technology is so important, as it engages viewers in ways otherwise inaccessible.
The journey begins in Monterey Bay. Viewers are taken through different settings, scenes, and habitats. Ranging from otters to krill and sperm whales, there is a lot of content to go through. It is educational, immersive, and more often than not, simply breathtaking.
There is also narration to be enjoyed. A documentary without a narrator would be rather strange, for obvious reasons. VR users are given valuable information throughout the journey, which only adds to the overall experience. Telling the story of the underwater food chain isn’t easy, but Life in VR certainly checks a lot of the right boxes.
It is this type of content the VR industry needs more of. Life in VR touches upon all kinds of animals which play an integral role in the food chain. It is a proper VR experience which suits an educational purpose and does a sublime job at it as well. Life in VR offers something for everyone, regardless of interests and age.
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