When you stand in a traditional audience, you have a wall of amplified sound coming at you from one direction. Everyone's familiar with that. Chris Milk amplifyaudiencecome Change image and share on social
My primary goal is always to tell a story that will resonate with people on a deeply emotional level. Chris Milk deeplyemotionalgoal Change image and share on social
So much of journalism is conveying a place and time that existed, to someone at a later date: giving a person the context and trying to make them feel as informed as if they were actually there. Chris Milk contextconveydate Change image and share on social
With Street View, you're curating a data set capable of incredible emotional resonance for the person interacting with it because everyone grew up somewhere. And if your house is in this dataset, that's going to provide some emotional context for you. Chris Milk capablecontextcurate 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
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
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
Your head is a stereo input. The density and cartilage of your ears embed certain extra characteristics into stereo sound sources. Your brain decodes that and gives you sound plus conscious directions. Chris Milk braincartilagecharacteristic share on social
It's weird: you do a TED talk on something, and people think that you suddenly have a lot of answers around the topic. Chris Milk answerlotpeople Change image and share on social