Faoladh is a stereoscopic virtual reality film that follows the perilous journey of a 9th century Irish child who's village is attacked by Viking raiders. In the film you take on role of a wolf like guardian spirit and protector of the children from the woods of ancient Ireland.

In collaboration with Google VR and the V-Sense Project Trinity College, Tile Films have created Ireland's first live action VR film. The film also formed part of a research paper and will be shown at the International Conference for Interactive Digital Storytelling 2018.

A lot of work goes into a production like this, here's a short video for context that shows some of the awesome crew in action!
There is an insane amount of planning you need to do when shooting something like this! You need to borrow from UX design and combine that with traditional storytelling to create a user journey that allows for moments of rest and exhilaration - sort of like designing a roller coaster, the path we take must be meticulously mapped.

Faoladh is now available on RTE.ie/360