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The Purpose of Visual Storytelling

When Raj and I discuss the purpose of visual storytelling, we see five different reasons for businesses to deploy the solution:
Show the Unseeable
In many cases, visual storytelling allow you to show concepts that a human eye couldn’t actually see.

Speed of events: the events take place at a pace which is too fast (or too slow) for [...]

Visual Storytelling–Weaving Together “Ones” and “Zeros”

Here’s a cool way to compare the differences between digital renderings, animations, and 3D environments.
There are simple analogies for each of these technologies–photographs, video, and video games.
 

 

Digital Renderings

Digital Animations

Interactive Environments

Comparable To

A Photograph/Painting

A Movie

A Video Game

Camera Movement

None

Scripted

Anywhere

Interactive Objects

No

No

Yes

Storyboards Needed

No

Yes

No

Guided Tour

No

Yes

No

Web-Hostable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Visitor Analytics

No

Some

Detailed

Multiple Light Sources

Yes

Yes

Yes

Detailed Textures

Yes

Yes

Yes

Color Matching

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yet, when we talk about visual storytelling, these elements are often just [...]

Unconsious Seeing vs. Active Perceiving (Part 2)

In our last post, we presented a challenge to guess the number of individual objects in an image. Before you go further, please take time to review that post. Then, come back.
When we conduct this exercise with people, very few people come close to the true answer. Our minds manage massive amounts of visual elements without [...]