The popular BBC documentary series Planet Earth II this time takes us behind the scenes of a 360-degree video shoot in the Galapagos Islands, where the team filmed a snake hunt for iguanas. But thanks to 360-degree video, we see even more.
In a stunning 360-degree video of us David Attenborough together with the team preparing the documentary series Planet Earth II, leads to the exotic Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, which only a few lucky people have the opportunity to visit. The Galapagos Islands consist of 14 larger islands, 3 smaller ones and 107 islets and islands, only five of which are inhabited. The largest of them has 24,000 inhabitants. Due to its pristine condition and location, the Galapagos Islands are an exceptional destination for filming such programs about the animal and plant world.
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This 360-degree video showing the hunting of snakes and iguanas is a real experience for all of us who did not have the opportunity to go on this exotic journey with a team. During the tour, we have the feeling that we are there and we are following these wild and rare animals. We see details that the team sees and that remain hidden from us with regular videos. The BBC's attempt to make 360-degree video as effective as possible has succeeded brilliantly, being short enough to hold interest, of good quality and keeping us in suspense and wanting to explore every corner of the footage. Definitely a good approximation of virtual reality.
