I'm getting more and more requests for VR movie scripts. Anyone know anything about this or the technology coming to movie theaters? How would these scripts be any different than regular scripts?    

I found these links.

https://www.dimensiongate.com/single-post/2015/05/12/Screenwriting-for-Virtual-Reality
https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20170307-virtual-reality-screenwriting.aspx

https://vrscout.com/news/vr-scriptwriting-beginners-guide-writing-unframed/
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-start-to-write-scripts-for-virtual-reality-content

Seems to be all about writing the narrative in 360° view.

Interesting.

I am 2/3rds through writing a feature. About 40% of the action takes place in VR and the rest in the real world.  Experimenting with some formatting - but not specifically writing "VR". It'll be interesting to me if the VR stuff comes across clearly or if I just made a mess of things.  

Thanks for those links, Libby!

Dave, this is more about the VR where you wear like a headset so you actually feel like you are there. Maybe I'm just too old to wrap my brain around some of the new technology.  

After watching a short video on virtual reality screenplays and production, I thought I'd try to adapt one of my earlier works to VR. I followed the examples from the links LC posted and dove in.

Five hours later and I think I came up with something that would work. And do I need a drink. It's amazing how different it is to think 360.

It's no-where near final, but I'd love it if anyone would like to take a look at the formatting and flow. The formatting is heavy on POV and FOV (Field of View); just what writers detest most. YAY!

Let me know and I'll shoot you a copy.
~John

The only thing I get from it is that it makes it more visual to a reader or a director. You can put times along visuals, even split the screen like what you would see on the left while at the same time what you would see on the right while watching the script/movie.

The thing I like about it... is that it's more visual. Most writers are taught against using POVs and directional shots etc but I honestly like this because as a reader it helps me to visualize the writer's idea. Often times, the director reads a script and they have their own idea of it...but by writing it VR, the director would read it more from the writer's perspective. The film may come out more like the writer wrote it also. Maybe.

VB script would be of same or of different to normal

thing I like about it... is that it's more visual. Most writers are taught against using POVs and directional shots etc but I like this because as a reader it helps me to visualize the writer's idea.

Often times, the director reads a script and they have their own idea of it.

Quoted from JerryK Often times, the director reads a script and they have their own idea of it.

They wouldn't be a very good director if they didn't. A good director takes over a story and makes it their own. As writers, we have to get used to that.