Capabilities

Virtual Reality

Step inside the action with Virtual Reality. Wide Awake Films is excited to offer VR for immersive experiences that can truly amaze.

Union Civil War Soldiers run through the woods with a Confederate prisoner while cannonballs fall around them.

Civil War 1864 Experience

Produced for the American Battlefield Trust, Wide Awake Films created a Virtual Reality experience that places the viewer into the Civil War trenches of Petersburg, Virginia. This experience was designed to give one a sense of the terrible conditions that Union and Confederate soldiers at this time. This production has earned more than 39 million views on YouTube, making it the most-viewed production for the American Battlefield Trust.

View Civil War 1864 Experience

Designing for VR

Man looking intently at computer

Shooting Virtual Reality productions requires a great deal of skill, but before the cameras roll, it’s vital that one think through what sort of scenes and experiences work well in a Virtual Reality environment. Working with our partners and clients, Wide Awake Films will work with you to talk through how best to use this new technology.

Step-Into History (VR)

Wide Awake Films has been pioneering the capability of melding together historic Civil War images with modern videography into a series of “Step Into History” productions. Also produced in VR, one can join American Battlefield Trust experts as they walk the very ground where these historic images were taken.

Step-Into History: Hagerstown Pike at Antietam

Step-Into History: Burnsides’ Bridge at Antietam