Everyone told the filmmakers at Habitat XR that filming African leopards in the wild was impossible. The solitary animals are notoriously hard to catch on camera and are declining in population around the world due to habitat loss.
But these filmmakers were inspired to catch the animals on camera for an educational project for kids. A passionate Belgian philanthropist asked them to create an immersive VR education experience on Africa’s famously dangerous Big Five animals—lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffalo.
Not only did Habitat XR manage to film the leopards, they even got one on a kill and another one sniffing the camera! Check out the full 8K 360 video below (be sure to toggle on 8K quality for the highest clarity).
Project Lead, Spatial Audio Mix and Delivery – Axel Drioli (Spatial Audio Labs)
Sound Editing – Benedict Sanderson (Spatial Audio Labs)
Original 5.1 soundscapes – George Vlad’s Mindful Audio
