If you have not heard of Google’s Spotlight Stories platform, then Google hopes you may pay attention to a new video they released on YouTube just in time for the holidays. The film titled Special Delivery utilizes YouTube’s support for 360-degree video to tell the story of a caretaker on the hunt for a mysterious stranger leaving a trail of gifts. The video for Special Delivery was put together by Aardman Animations, the creators behind the popular Wallace and Gromit videos, and is reminiscent of a Pink Panther caper.
Using the YouTube 360 features means viewers can control what is being watched throughout the video. You can go through and focus on the red-suited stranger one time, then the caretaker the next, and then something else the next time, like the snowman perhaps or just watch a random window.
To really get the full impact of Special Delivery though, users should check out Spotlight Stories if they have a compatible device. Spotlight Stories is a new interactive, immersive platform for storytelling that comes out of the Google ATAP group. Using a compatible device, or even Google Cardboard to really get into things, Spotlight Stories gives users the ability to interact with the story by revealing subplots or making choices at over 60 points that change the direction of the story.
You can check out the full video below on YouTube.
Click here to view the embedded video.
source: YouTube Official Blog
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