For The Wizard of Oz, Sphere Leisure is collaborating with Warner Bros. Discovery, Google, and Magnopus – a studio who has beforehand created immersive experiences for Disney, Sony, and NASA. “Sphere will use cutting-edge applied sciences to reinforce the unique movie,” in accordance with the corporate. “The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will keep the integrity of the unique whereas pushing the boundaries of Sphere’s experiential medium.”
Though The Wizard of Oz received a 4K HDR restoration in 2020, the Sphere’s display screen has a a lot larger decision of 16,000 pixels by 16,000 pixels. The venue additionally gives multi-sensory experiences via sound and haptics and may recreate environmental parts like warmth, wind, and smells, however particulars on what the immersive model of The Wizard of Oz will embody haven’t been revealed but.
From The Edge will function excessive sports activities and 5 premier athletes – rock climber Alex Honnold, free diver Alenka Artnik, skier Markus Eder, surfer Kai Lenny, and BASE jumper Katie Hansen Lajeunesse – and is presently filming in areas together with Jordan, Dubai, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Austin, Las Vegas, and Maui.
Each productions are coming from Sphere Studios, the corporate’s Burbank-based manufacturing studio that launched almost two years in the past and developed Sphere Leisure’s Massive Sky ultra-high-resolution digital camera system that’s presently getting used to seize footage for From The Edge.