Members of the UCLA ROTC unit, the Bruin battalion, working on the “Leaders Made Here” virtual reality Army recruitment video.
The UCLA Army ROTC is working to inspire people to choose the U.S. military as a potential career path. Students from the current Bruin battalion appear in the Army’s first virtual reality recruitment video, which can be viewed through nearly any virtual reality viewer, including Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
The video, titled “Leaders Made Here,” was created via collaboration between the UCLA Department of Military Science/Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, and Holor Media, a virtual reality company based in Hollywood and led by former executives from Disney, Pixar and Industrial Light and Magic.
The six-minute immersive film gives viewers a chance to live life as an Army cadet participating in a field training exercise. It was filmed at Camp Pendleton near San Diego and features students from the current Bruin battalion, which is made up of students from UCLA as well as other nearby colleges that don’t offer ROTC. Interspersed with real testimonies from college students enrolled in the program, the viewer is given a chance to take part in land navigation, medical training, Army ceremonies and even an obstacle course.
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Source: UCLA Newsroom