Quebec studio behind Barack Obama's virtual reality debut
President narrates a tour of Yosemite National Park in 11-minute video
Ever wonder what it would be like to tour California's Yosemite National Park with the president of the United States as your guide? Well now, thanks to a Montreal-based studio, you can experience it all without leaving home.
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The virtual reality studio Félix & Paul has teamed up with National Geographic and the company Oculus to produce an 11-minute video featuring Barack Obama touring Yosemite to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Move the video around while playing to have a 360-degree view of the park.
"As filmmakers, we wanted to use cinematic virtual reality's unique transportive power to bring audiences into a journey with President Obama where they could experience firsthand the vertiginous, lyrical and timeless beauty of Yosemite," said Félix & Paul co-founder and director Félix Lajeunesse.
The studio has made a name for itself in the virtual reality milieu, having already teamed up with Cirque du Soleil, several Hollywood studios and basketball star LeBron James.