Virtual Viking - The Ambush is a 2019 short film directed by Erik Gustavson, using Volumetric video capture to create one of the first films in Virtual Reality.[1] Produced for The Viking Planet centre in Oslo, Norway, the film is part of a wider exhibition of the lives of Norse seafarers and uses a number of VR headsets to enable visitors to experience a Viking longship in the heat of battle.[2]
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Directed by | Erik Gustavson |
Written by | Erik Gustavson Samuel Pinney |
Produced by | Odd Arild Meling, Rasmus Ramstad |
Starring | Murray McArthur |
Music by | Peter Baden |
Production companies | Ridley Scott Associates Dimension Studios Hammerhead VR |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | Norway |
Language | Old Norse |
Skald recounts the story of how he was captured, in his youth, during an unsuccessful Viking raid.
At the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019, Virtual Viking - The Ambush was awarded Best VR Film.[3]