Pink Bull and Jonathan Griffith Productions have launched Touching the Sky on Quest, now letting you observe wingsuit base jumpers within the European Alps and a paragliding staff throughout the Himalayas in Pakistan in an hour-long immersive documentary.
Captured utilizing custom-built 3D, 360 cameras, the documentary allows you to accompany wingsuit and base leap athletes Fred Fugen and Vincent Cotte, who take you on two wingsuit flights within the Italian Dolomites.
“The most important problem was in freefall, to fly with such a digicam,” Fugen explains in a Pink Bull weblog submit. “It took plenty of work to collaborate with the drone pilots who had been within the helicopter. You needed to adapt and synchronise collectively to do the jumps and freefalls. We didn’t have a lot coaching collectively [beforehand], so combining our skillsets was difficult.”
The documentary additionally options Aaron Durogati and his associate Matthias Weger as they paraglide throughout the Pakistani Himalayas, who aimed to get as excessive and deep in to the best mountains on the planet.
“Flying in Pakistan is kind of excessive as a result of the mountains are large and take knowledgeable approach to handle,” explains Durogati. “The thermal flows are distinctive to these within the Alps. If one thing occurred there, you’re by your self, and it’s unlikely that rescue helicopters can come to select you up. Within the Alps, you may nearly at all times rely on a rescue.”
You possibly can watch the hour-along documentary without spending a dime over on Meta Quest TV, solely for Quest 2 and above.
In the event you’re all in favour of the way it was all recorded, Pink Bull has printed a thirty-minute behind-the-scenes video, capturing the uncooked expertise of what it takes to doc such an incredible feat.
