Discover the Magic of Paris with 'Vanilla Lily': Immersive Experience for Apple Vision Pro & Quest 3

HOW TO WATCH: Best viewed in a VR Headset (like Meta Quest 3 or Apple Vision Pro) + headphones 🎧 for a 3D 180 immersive experience.
1. Meta Quest 3 Owners:
➡️On Meta Quest 3, click TV, find SAVED LINK, select "Cache High Quality" for 8K VR.
2. 🍎 Apple Vision Pro direct download:
3. Non-Meta Quest VR Owners:
➡️Save YouTube link in Watch Later list.
➡️Download YouTube VR app on PSVR, Windows Mixed Reality, or Steam VR.
➡️Enjoy in your VR Headset!
4. Phone Viewing:
➡️Download YouTube App on your phone.
➡️Set resolution to 2160s or 4K on desktop for best viewing experience.

Vanilla Lily is a romantic adventure beautifully filmed in the city of love itself, Paris, France. Shot in Virtual Reality, the viewer can take in the breathtaking sites of Paris in VR180. As a struggling artist, Lily, captivatingly played by Joëlle Zilberman, finds herself on a lunch break regretting the notion of having to go back to work at the museum she loves with an overbearing boss. She escapes into a city park and loses herself in an art history book that evokes her passion for painting. She describes what she’s reading passionately to the audience; until she is interrupted by a dapper financier, Clément, charmingly played by Milan Ogier. Lily and Clément have a spark, and he invites her to lunch. Despite needing to return to the museum and her demanding boss, Lily on a whim agrees and her life will never be the same.

The director, Keeley Turner, boldly uses French New Wave cinematic techniques in the very birthplace of this genre. The story itself, which Keeley also wrote, is an homage to classics via a new medium in virtual reality. Even though Keeley doesn’t speak French, her love of the culture wouldn’t allow the film to be shot in English. It would feel like a betrayal. She sought out well-known VR filmmaker, Sébastien Hameline, to translate her script from English to French.

This 3D stereoscopic film was shot with a Canon R5C body, with the Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L Dual Fisheye 3D VR Lens. For optimal viewing, strap on a top-of-the-line Meta Quest 2 VR headset for full immersion.

Credits:
Director and Screenwriter - Keeley Turner
Co-writer - Sheila Traister
Script Translator - Sébastien Hameline

Director of Photography - Hugh Hou

Production Services by - Metaverse Stage, INC.

Cast
Lily - Joëlle Zilberman
Clément - Milan Ogier
Museum Manager - Estelle Courret

Story editor - Keeley Turner
Post Supervisor - Hugh Hou

Special Thanks
François Serre
Patrice Abaul
Tyler Beck
Canon
Mistika VR
Boris Effects
Rococo - Written by Kraus H. Carl & Victoria Charles

Life lacks luster in Paris, though sparks fly when Lily meets Clément and he invites her to lunch. Despite needing to return to the museum and her demanding boss, Lily on a whim agrees and her life will never be the same.

#vrfilm #vr180

[teresadovalpage]

This is just adorable. I have watched the short several times with my Oculus and truly “feel” I am in Paris, Looking forward to more awesome films like this one.

[labs]

Great gimbal work. I didn't find the motion to be uncomfortable in the headset at all. The walk and talk was especially fun.

[winky]

Lovely film! I especially liked seeing the Paris views in VR!

[lousvrcorner]

It on Meta Quest TV now, and I think this 14 minute 180VR shows the beauty of Paris and the atmosphere - the art book and the painting on the side help showcase the famous painters in that era (Rocco era), and re-viewing it, I found it fascinating the art history sprinkled thru the video. Also a nice bonus was speaking about the Las Meninas (the painter int he painting) in the cafe and then getting gelato you can see the director (Hugh and Keeley in the mirror in the back wall - thought that was such an Easter egg) Great work! Appreciate this both in YouTube and Meta Quest TV!

[jeromelozano]

I really liked this film ! Great immersion in a bucolic autumnal Paris. Creating short films in VR must be a very difficult process and you do it brilliantly 👏👏

[IvyHawkins]

So cute, Keeley! Watched it on the TV at our house; looks good on here. I love Lily and I love the meaning of the movie.

[bulotrex]

Its great that you are trying new things. Keep the good work, my friend!

[mitzimullins]

This short is amazing on so many levels for me! Emotionally reminiscent, actually.

And where can I find that purse!?!

[dmaillou]

c'est vraiment tres bon, belle histoire et belle Lily

[YGershteyn]

I watched your video in Quest 2. And although I don't know French and I don't know English well, I like that you try to give the VR180 3D video a new quality. And Paris, probably, is a good place for such experiments. I want to note the quality of CANON VR 3D shooting, and even raindrops on the lens do not reduce the impression of what I saw.

[seanmartinflix]

Thank you for this video. Good things to know. Do you know of a good way to make regular video into 3D ?

[pauljones]

The video is great, but the atmospheric audio feels off and I'm not sure why

[BackroadExploits]

The film was great, the acting seemed very nice as well as the story line. The audio sounded like it could use some work in the scene at the table outside the restaurant. Watched on PC I don't have a VR viewer. I am being very critical as I know you are setting your standards very high.

[Utsab_Giri]

I really think you should let me direct your next narrative 360 VR project. It could set the stage for narrative VR content for the next decade.

[loicader]

The VR180 is very frustrating because it does not bring a big plus compared to 16/9 and the image quality remains that of VR, therefore much lower than a 16/9 image. The next is in 360 and it becomes interesting.

[ClydeDeSouza]

Good work Hugh. I both liked the film and at the same time it's helping my evaluating the lens itself for an upcoming TV pilot i'm advising on.
- Didn't expect the track (1:37) move to work as great as it did.
- The Gimbal shots work on the bridge (I've made a note not to tax audience limbic systems with long takes though)
Did the film go 2D / monoscopic for the whole restaurant scene? -Normally multicam VR rigs have this dreaded gremlin show up. What could be the reason with this lens/cam. Or is it a post-prod oversight?

I'm just a little uncomfortavble for the - ever so slight, minituarization this lens seems to exhibt. I've not worked with the lens yet, so don't know if this is true or post HIT is being applied and resulting in this effect (just to my eyes)


One thing of big concern to me -- Warping:
I was watching this via youtube VR on a Quest1 (2160 4k stream), and even bottom center, fine patterns (leaves on ground), or in the Catacombs video the arrangement of bones in rows etc -- all exhibit this stereo "false 3d geometry pattern" artifact. Like corrugated roof tiles,
Could it be downsampling artifacts from 8k shooting rez down to final Youtube offering only (to me at least) a 2160s60k option?

Overall, some great insights from this film. Keep up the good work.

[oomenacka]

What is the name of the place you were at starting around 1:24? It's so beautiful and calm

[yousefh]

Great work! Was this filmed in 8k 60fps or 30fps? I wonder how much space all those RAW files took up? 🙂

[gergelykonczey]

Please make these films available in original resolution or at least in an enjoyable quality.
Youtube compressed 4K makes it a piexe of CRAP. Thanks in advance.