“The whole project contemplates how we search for life” – Eliza McNitt (ASTRA)

With her passion for space and space exploration, Eliza McNitt contributed to the boom in virtual reality with the success of SPHERES (and a 5-star voice cast). Her return this year with ASTRA, presented as a world premiere in competition at SXSW, renews this desire to explore the unknown and the origin of life. A […]

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“We formatted the project in such a way as to appeal to the widest possible audience” – Lui Avallos (QUEER UTOPIA: ACT 1 CRUISING)

Lui Avallos’ QUEER UTOPIA: ACT 1 CRUISING a queer man who is losing his memory recalls times from a public bathroom in his past, where he had experiences of danger, pleasure and shame. A project developed through the Biennale College,

Decoding XR: REEDUCATED, Jon Bernson, Matt Huynh & Nicholas Rubin

A technical in-depth look at the documentary Reeducated, winner of the Special Jury Recognition for Immersive Journalism award at SXSW Online 2021 During SXSW Online 2021, we fell in love with Reeducated, a brilliant example of immersive journalism that opened

“Entertainment isn’t about being superficial. It’s about creating an environment people genuinely want to return to, emotionally and imaginatively”- Rene Hyewon Lee (GiiÖii)

At this year’s NewImages Festival, XRMust had the opportunity to meet one of the festival’s most significant delegations: the Korean one. Our conversation with the studio GiiÖii offered a closer look at the country’s distinctive approach to immersive experiences and

FNC Explore unveils its 2020 online selection exclusively on Viveport

The Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (FNC) is pleased to unveil its programming for FNC EXPLORE, presented by HTC Vive’s Viveport.

“My films tend to question the spectator on the state of the world and his capacity to change it” – Hsieh Wen-Yee, Sebox Hong (LIMBOPHOBIA, LIMBOTOPIA)

At the last NewImages festival in Paris, the Marketplace’s professional sessions featured the presentation of up-and-coming XR projects. Among these projects was Hsieh Wen-Yee’s LIMBOPHOBIA, the second part of a triptych (and a universe) that opened with its first chapter,

XR Through The Womanist Gaze 1/3: Education for Women, with Judith Okonkwo

Free access to education remains an enduring issue for a lot of children in Africa, especially those living in rural poor communities. According to UNICEF research, over 18 million children in Nigeria are out of school and girls make up