OZ — A Virtual Metaverse
Let’s talk about OZ.
OZ is a virtualized parallel world explored in many works, notably by Mamoru Hosoda in Summer Wars and the Digimon movie. The possibility of connecting everyone through the Internet has been pursued in movies and shows as the possibilities would be nearly endless. As far as the amount of friends and people you’d know, it would hardly be manageable.
I stitched together some shots from various commercials, projects, and stock video to create an “Ikea” styled ad for the virtual world.
References:
This commercial was made with shots from free stock video sites such as:
Tools used: Photoshop‘s animation suite for the switching of patterns in the OZ outro and the mock app image, DaVinci Resolve (lite aka free version) for all the meshing and trimming of video clips, the stock video sites listed above, YouTube for referencing other commercials, and finding VR video.
Music used: Rhian Sheehan – Big Things
Unlicensed video: Windows Mixed Reality promo videos and “HYPER-REALITY,” a short film by Keiichi Matsuda.