Georges Méliès honoured with Back to the Moon VR Google Doodle

In honour of Georges Méliès's The conquest of the Pole, Google gives first-ever Virtual Reality/360 interactive Doodle.

More than 100 years later, the pioneering mind of Georges Méliès is still remembered for its cinematographic wonder which paved the way for special effects we see today.

Georges Méliès was a trailblazing French illusionist and film director who paved the way for filmmakers to experiment with visual techniques.

To work his magic, Méliès was involved in all aspects of production from drawing set concepts to directing actors, Méliès' achievements include the 1902 movie blockbuster A Trip to the Moon.

Google Doodle is celebrating the release date of The Conquest of the Pole in 1912. Google is bringing virtual reality (VR) to its biggest web property yet: The search giant is releasing a new animated 360-degree short film called "Back to the Moon" that celebrates the life and work of pioneering French filmmaker Georges Melies as a doodle on the Google.com homepage Thursday.

Marie-George-jean Melies was born on 8 December 1861 in Paris to Jean Luis Stanislas and his wife Johnannah Cathrine Schuering. Since his early childhood days, Melies showed his creative instincts and artistic intellect as he was often disciplined by teachers for covering his notebooks and textbooks with drawings.

With its groundbreaking visual delights, its iconic scene of a space capsule crashing into the face of the moon is a milestone in movie history.