The Weather Channel like you've never experience it
Finally, you can get the weather report for Omaha in the 1990s in virtual reality -- to the smooth sounds of Kenny G, no less.
This three-minute, 360-degree video is all about the "conditions at Omaha," with plenty of retro footage from The Weather Channel.
Google VR filmmaker Jessica Brillhart released the immersive throwback masterpiece Thursday, as she detailed in a Medium post. She said she wanted to "create a place of calm and serenity similar to that of watching The Weather Channel in the 90's while sitting a foot away from the television screen."
Fun fact: It took her four hours to put together what she's calling an "Omahomage."
She theorizes that machine learning could help create similar experiences for different cities on a daily basis (still with Kenny G, obviously.)
Oh the possibilities! As Brillhart rhetorically asks with tongue deep in cheek, "What’s the potential fully-crafted world of The Weather Channel? What is its soul? What are its dreams?"
Be sure to move around the screen for more than just the local forecast. And Brillhart has other immersive videos to check out if this is just too much '90s weather and saxophone to handle.
H/T to The Verve for spotting this sweet, sweet video.
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
