The cave
Majlis al-Jinn lies in the Selma Plateau, about 100km south-east of Muscat. Its chamber is about 310 metres by 225 metres, under a domed ceiling 120 metres high, and the way in is from above: a 140m free descent on a rope.
What we did
We made a LiDAR scan of the cave and brought it into Unreal Engine as a VR app. Exploring the chamber in VR before the descent let us plan the crew’s movements, where the equipment would go and where to film from.
The crew also trained for the descent: to go down the 140m rope safely, and to have the stamina to climb back up it. Then we filmed in the cave, for a video in the museum’s immersive experience.
Credits
- VR shoot planning and filming
- Immersi