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REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT: an open-world mixed reality documentary with heart and soul

What does it mean to interact with a documentary? In 1991, Bill Nichols proposed six different kinds of documentaries. Since then, the documentary form has been dissected, shifted, observed, turned on its head—and, with VR, we’ve been able to enter and engage with the doc in entirely new ways. REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT is an interactive mixed reality archival experience that premiered at SXSW 2025, and this is a reflection on that striking Jury Award-winning work. DIrected by Chloé Lee, a heart-first XR storyteller and multi-modal creative, she followed…