Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle. Chris Milk 1970saccesscycle share on social
If you look at all the technology we're interconnected with every day, all this complex technology that connects humanity, it actually doesn't connect us. Chris Milk complexconnectday Change image and share on social
In virtual reality, we're placing the viewer inside a moment or a story... made possible by sound and visual technology that's actually tricking the brain into believing it's somewhere else. Chris Milk believebraininside Change image and share on social
All these experiments I've done over the years with technology have been asking whether I can tell stories that affect humans in a deeper way than I could without the technology. Chris Milk affectdeepexperiment Change image and share on social
We build camera rigs tailored specifically to the story we're trying to tell or the shot we're trying to capture. Chris Milk buildcameracapture Change image and share on social
Music is a great catalyst for emotion because it gets to your core. Chris Milk catalystcoreemotion Change image and share on social
My premise is that there's something hardwired into our DNA, that we as a species came and evolved from caves and clans and tribes, and therefore, we as a species care more about the things that are local to us than we care about the things that are 'over there' from us. Chris Milk carecaveclan share on social
A bad version of a virtual reality video makes you vomit in your headset in under 10 seconds. It's much easier to make bad VR than it is to make good VR. Chris Milk badeasygood Change image and share on social
It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other form of media. And it can change people's perception of each other. And that's how I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world. Chris Milk changeconnectform share on social
Virtual reality is a technology that could actually allow you to connect on a real human level, soul-to-soul, regardless of where you are in the world. Chris Milk connecthumanlevel Change image and share on social