{"id":146228,"date":"2025-05-31T07:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146228\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T07:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:31:10","slug":"the-first-feature-length-apple-immersive-video-a-bono-documentary-is-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/146228\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video, A Bono Documentary, Is Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bono: Stories of Surrender, the first-ever feature-length Apple Immersive Video, is out now on Apple Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

At 1 hour 26 minutes, the documentary dwarfs the previous longest Apple Immersive Video, the 16-minute short film Submerged<\/a> released back in October.<\/p>\n

However, not all of its scenes are actually immersive, with many presented in regular rectangular 2D.<\/p>\n

“Through words, music, and mischief, Bono pulls back the curtain on his deeply personal experiences that have shaped him as a son, father, husband, activist, and U2 frontman.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The documentary was shot for both traditional flatscreen and Apple Immersive, with the same runtime across both.<\/p>\n

Bono: Stories of Surrender is available for free in the Apple TV app on Apple Vision Pro, and the flatscreen version is available on traditional platforms for Apple TV+ subscribers.<\/p>\n

What Is Apple Immersive Video?<\/p>\n

The Apple Immersive Video format is 180-degree video with 8K per-eye resolution, 90FPS, stereoscopic 3D, high dynamic range (HDR), and spatial audio. It’s served in the Apple TV app with higher bitrate than many other immersive video platforms.<\/p>\n

We highly praised Apple Immersive Video<\/a> in our Vision Pro review. It’s not possible to cast or record Apple Immersive Video though, so you’ll have to take our word for it unless you have access to a Vision Pro.<\/p>\n

Apple Immersive Video has been the company’s primary post-launch content focus for the Vision Pro headset.<\/p>\n

As well as the Submerged scripted short film in October, the platform saw its first Apple Immersive music video from The Weeknd<\/a> released in November, a “concert for one” from Raye<\/a>, and the extremely well-received three songs from a Metallica concert<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

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Metallica On Apple Vision Pro Sells VR And Then Some<\/p>\n

Metallica in concert is now available in Apple Stores and Apple Vision Pro, and it\u2019s a landmark moment in the history of virtual reality.<\/p>\n

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These music-related videos arrived in addition to new episodes of Apple Immersive Video series like Boundless<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Elevated<\/a>, as well as sports highlights from the Super Bowl<\/a>, Friday Night Baseball<\/a>, and MLS Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What Vision Pro owners hope will come next is livestreamed Apple Immersive Video, broadcasting sporting events and concerts in real-time. That’s something that NextVR, the startup that Apple acquired<\/a> to develop Apple Immersive Video, was doing almost a decade ago<\/a> – but not at anywhere near the same level of quality.<\/p>\n

Of course, the other issue with long-format immersive video watching, be it a documentary about Bono or a live sports match, is the discomfort caused by the weight of the headset.<\/p>\n

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Bono: Apple Is \u201cDying To Make Vision Pro More Affordable\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fact that they may have to wait a while is not putting them off\u201d, the star, whose documentary will be the first feature-length Apple Immersive Video, says.<\/p>\n

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Apple\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0plans an upgraded Vision Pro headset for late this year or early next year, and as well as achieving a lower price, reducing the weight is reportedly the company’s top priority.<\/p>\n

Bono himself recently said<\/a> that Apple is “dying to make Vision Pro more affordable”, and claimed that “the fact that they may have to wait a while is not putting them off”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bono: Stories of Surrender, the first-ever feature-length Apple Immersive Video, is out now on Apple Vision Pro. At…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-146228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114601281749585845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}