Chris Milk: The birth of virtual reality as an art form
克里斯 · 迈克: 虚拟现实的诞生:一种新的艺术形式
Working at the frontiers of interactive technology, Chris Milk stretches virtual reality into a new canvas for storytelling. Full bio
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searching for it,
一直在找寻它,
have more emotional resonance.
at the right time fuses with us
会在细胞层面
back there again.
where I got a little greedy.
尽管我有些贪心。
on top of the music,
再多加一些层次,
even more powerful.
to look more like this.
for the same thing, though,
我都在找寻相同的东西,
added narrative dimension, yes,
这确实增加了一个叙述维度,
when you've devoted your life
尤其是当你已经全身心地把你的生活
to becoming a music video director.
成为一名音乐视频导演的时候。
我选择了错误的路线吗?
did I take the wrong path?
involve you, the audience, more,
让身为观众的你们更加投入,
feel something more as well.
auditioning new technologies
inside of the work,
in "The Wilderness Downtown,"
你们童年时期的家,
in "The Johnny Cash Project,"
你们手绘的肖像,
experiential power of pure music for me.
原始而又影响深远的震撼。
in science fiction.
I found a prototype.
我找到了一个原型。
in Mark Bolas's lab in USC.
Nonny de la Peña的一个项目。
我知道我找到它了。
when I ran into it.
in this new medium,
we realized something:
an incredibly important role
that actually makes the jump
of an author's expression
I'll explain. Don't worry.
我会解释的。别担心。
with a good story.
on the tundra that day.
捕获到毛茸茸的猛犸象的故事。
into our own internal truths.
version of the story,
what we call "suspension of disbelief,"
“暂停怀疑”,
between the reality of the story
成我们相信的现实之间
interpreting the story
as a feeling of reality that we get
而获得的对现实的感受。
the world around us.
hunting with the clan leader.
和部落首领一起打猎,
是那个毛绒绒的猛犸象。
of year one of cinema.
of people running for their lives
was coming toward them.
of this medium,
past the spectacle
我们也必须习惯这种震撼
language of storytelling,
我们更多的是在学习语法
at our VR company, Vrse,
在过去的一年中拍摄了15部电影,
direct path into your senses,
直达你们的感知,
that you could possibly look,
is tricky in VR.
镜头移动在虚拟现实中很难掌控。
at a constant speed in a straight line,
在一条直线上移动镜头,
every single rule
we can accomplish.
创造性的新事物。
从地面上升起的时候我加快了速度。
off the ground, I added acceleration.
to give you a physical sensation
我可以给你们这种体验。
in this medium as well.
音乐在虚拟现实中也有很大的作用。
with the New York Times, Zach Richter
2,000 feet above Manhattan,
different than in film,
where your consciousness exists
which was a collaboration between Vrse,
Gabo Arora和Imraan Ismail
and Imraan Ismail,
"Waves of Grace"中,
of the close-up in virtual reality.
特写镜头的角色转变。
you're actually close up to someone.
意味着你可以逼真地靠近某人。
of your personal space,
for the people that we love.
我们爱的人的空间。
closeness to the character
to be a physical closeness.
directing for the rectangle.
与导演普通电影不同。
of the viewer's attention.
to guide your attention
观众注意力的工具
你的前面,左边或者右边,
in front of you, to left or right,
声音也会随之转动。
the sound will rotate accordingly.
到我想让你看的地方。
to where I want you to see.
singing over your shoulder,
like we are part of something.
自己就好像是某些东西中的一部分。
we lived in small family units.
我们都生活在小的家庭单位里。
then villages and towns,
再然后到村庄和城镇,
hardwired to care the most
and anyone feel local.
接近任何地方和任何人。
能够引起共鸣的机器一样工作。
takes you to a Syrian refugee camp,
带你去到叙利亚的一个难民营,
about people over there,
那里的人们的故事,
关于我们内心的故事。
with all previous mediums,
在它们诞生的时候就已经固定了。
一种呈现形式,一个媒介,
or paper or TV signals.
纸张或者电视信号。
to make sense of the world.
我们用来感受世界的感官。
as the paints on the canvas,
用作帆布上的颜料,
all of our human senses employed,
是否能够使用我们人类所有的感官。
the story in any path we choose.
去体验所有可能的故事。
past simulated realities?
telling you about a dream,
visiting some reality on Earth,
体验一下地球上的某些地方,
on the edge of a black hole,
在黑洞边缘的重力波上冲浪,
not using words
what that's called.
我们将会去往哪里。
a medium I'm saying is experiential.
体验这个革命性的新媒介。
a piece of cardboard.
to unlock the phone.
this experience on your phone yourself,
如何在手机上下载这个体验,
of your own to try it with.
去尝试这个体验。
a little bit of that lightning
当我们再一次把头放入纸板的时候
VR viewing in history.
虚拟现实集体观看活动中。
style of yesteryear,
look like? I can't see.
我这里看不到。
of the New York Times Magazine,
纽约时报的封面的,
outside the helicopter,
vertical so I could grab it.
we had to redo it a few times --
我们不得不多次尝试 --
却又把它带走。
who have lost loved ones.
失去了爱人的人们。
in Zaatari than adults right now.
现在扎塔利的孩子比成年人多。
让你们站起来热烈喝彩的方法。
to do a standing ovation.
I knew you'd applaud at the end.
我还知道你们都会在结束的时候鼓掌。
needs to experience
都应当去体验
start to shape this,
一同开始完善虚拟现实,
a VR project called "The Displaced."
名为“The Displaced”的虚拟现实项目。
Google Cardboards
一百万个Google Cardboards
with their newspaper.
that Sunday morning.
发生了一件有趣的事情。
on the mailing label.
邮寄地址上的收件人。
all over Instagram.
大量的看到这些。
like the unattainable
the same formative experience
经历了与我小时候相似的
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Milk - Immersive storytellerWorking at the frontiers of interactive technology, Chris Milk stretches virtual reality into a new canvas for storytelling.
Why you should listen
Chris Milk is a visual artist who has created music videos for Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Beck, U2, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley and many more. He is known for weaving artistic and technological innovations in pursuit of the next great platform for storytelling. Milk's acclaimed interactive projects include Wilderness Downtown (with Arcade Fire), The Johnny Cash Project and The Treachery of Sanctuary. His interactive installation artworks have been showcased at the MoMA, the Tate Modern and museums around the world.
Milk's most recent contribution to the art and tech frontier is as founder and CEO of the virtual reality company Within (formerly Vrse). In collaboration with the New York Times, Zach Richter and JR, Milk created two VR films, Walking New York and The Displaced, which were distributed along with Google Cardboard viewers to 1 million NYT subscribers in 2015. He has also collaborated on VR projects with the United Nations (Clouds Over Sidra and Waves of Grace), Vice, SNL and U2.
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