This talk explores how volumetric images– hologram-like immersive content– are creating new possibilities for empathy, understanding, and human connection in immersive media —while challenging us to reconsider the nature of reality storytelling in a postmedia world. Examining breakthrough projects including After Solitary, The Choice VR, Highrise: Universe Within, and The Changing Same, we’ll examine how new modes of hybrid capture disrupt traditional documentary frameworks while crafting compelling connections between digital media and material reality.