The methods of producing 360 3D VR content are something of a hybridization of classical cinema FX pipelines, and video game production pipelines.

It goes a little something like this:

1. idea — conceive of your experience. keep it simple. consider the 360 3D medium.
2. storyboard — sketch a rough timeline of how it will play
3. script — write dialog
4. casting — select your talent
5. location scouting — select proper locations
6. pre-viz — think hard about how the experience works in a 360 degree world
7. scheduling — schedule the shoot
8. rehearse — talent rehearses script
9. set building — create the physical sets needed for filming
10. capture (shooting) — multiple takes, fancy camera rigs, lots of hard drives
11. 3d editing (time based) — still seeking VR plug-in for Premiere / After Effects
12. sound editing — 3D positional sound and soudntrack beds are paramount to excellent VR experience
13. world modeling — it helps the interaction of virtual and “real” filmed objects if key portions of your environment have simple depth data (beyond a point cloud) along with raw raster stereo imagery
14. augmentation — adding 3d assets, animations and FX to real-world scene captures
15. interaction design — node insertion, creating interaction & locomotion metaphors
16. scripting — interactable objects, timeline branches
17. rendering — export of VR files into core navigable / viewable formats
18. packaging — getting all assets ready for playback on various OS / HMD platforms
19. publication — publishing your experience to the world, via web, bit-torrent, oculus share, meta apps, etc.
20. patching — inevitably upgrading the content experience, bug-fixes, DLC, etc.