It’s one of the best virtual reality experience of 2021. MADRID NOIR premiered at Tribeca Immersive, then XR@Annecy – followed by +15 selections all year long. And an Award for Best Narrative Experience at Stereopsia! We discussed the film, and the prototype, with James Castillo (director) and Lawrence Bennett (writer, producer) from NoGhost Studio in the UK.
Nearly ten years after the first edition of the world’s largest international immersive event, Venice Immersive returns with a section that’s richer and broader than ever, both in content… and in space. We spoke with Biennale consultants Liz Rosenthal and
THE CHANGING SAME is an virtual reality experience, created using volumetric filmmaking, that reflects on the history of the Black American community to highlight its effects on the present. Will you, as a user, join the rewriting of this narrative
This year XR@Annecy offered 3 work-in-progress sessions on XR experiences currently in production. Headliners were the protagonists of one of the projects presented: Wallace & Gromit! The talents present on stage did not fail either, since in addition to the
In 2018, IDFA DocLab launched a partnership with the Artis Planetarium to present dome-based immersive artworks during the festival. Some selections are expressly designed for dome projections, while others are installation or headset-based DocLab selections, adapted through an initiative of
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), in collaboration with Manchester International Festival (MIF), Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) and Philharmonia Orchestra will stage a live performance of Dream using motion capture as the culmination of a major piece of cutting-edge research and
Between meetings at IFFR, the conversation with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine quickly moved beyond the usual “how did you make it?” Because THE WORLD CAME FLOODING IN isn’t just another XR title on a festival slate. It’s a deliberate
