Director Jan Pinkava invited me to look at an early prototype for a VR experience on your phone. What followed was an incredible brainstorm that laid the groundwork for the first Google Spotlight Story, a short I pitched called Windy Day. Mark Oftedal and I boarded it ROUGH (below). I cut it on iMovie with sound effects I "Police Academied" on my iPhone. Humble beginnings, to be sure. Nonetheless, creators like Glen Keane, Patrick Osborne, Jorge Gutierrez, Chromosphere, Shannon Tindle, Justin Lin, Gorillaz, The Simpsons and Aardman would all follow suit with their own episodes in the brilliant series.

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