This is interesting tech. I feel like I should like it. Watching these 360° videos, I always feel a certain anxiety. Part of it is technical – the interface is

This is interesting tech. I feel like I should like it. Watching these 360° videos, I always feel a certain anxiety. Part of it is technical – the interface is so clunky that "swiveling my head" is painfully awkward. But part of it is inherent – I worry that I'll miss the part I'm "really" supposed to be watching. I feel like I should replay the video 3-4 times to take it all in, but I just don't have that kind of time. I wind up navigating away to resolve the tension. A big part of cinematography is directing the viewer's eye through framing, focus, etc. A brilliant example is the 3D IMAX version of Avatar. The giant screen is only the first challenge. Since curent 3D technology simulates stereoscopic cues but not focal cues, they had to direct the viewer's attention in 3-axes to avoid uncomfortable perceptual mismatch. To their credit, this only happened to me a couple times. So despite the cool tech, this is a step backward for visual storytelling imho.