“Integrating several mythologies into the story allowed us to develop a more universal experience” – Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke (MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO)

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By turns a virtual reality animated film, an interactive pop culture experience or a work with an impact on the place of women in our societies (by questioning our view of female menstruation in adolescence), MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO by Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke is in Immersive Competition at Cannes 2024. The […]

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“Working in real time means having a piece that is always evolving” – Gilles Jobin (COSMOGONY)

Presented at Sundance New Frontier 2022, COSMOGONY is a live contemporary dance piece that allows the audience to join in the moment when the dance comes to life. We discussed this work with lead artist and choreographer Gilles Jobin. There

Editorial⎜Apple Vision Pro: head in the virtual world, two feet on the ground

February 2024 is a historic month for the world of extended reality (XR) and its creators. And in more ways than one. If the launch of the Apple Vision Pro is an expected marker of wider adoption (to come), it

“We’re working on a distribution platform that can go beyond cinemas” – Babette Wijntjes, Camille Lopato (Nu:Reality)

An initiative launched in the Netherlands at the end of 2022, Nu:Reality brings virtual reality content again into cinemas. With dedicated programs and screenings, the ambition is to simplify the process for audiences – but also for marketing and technical

“To make the user believe that they matter” – Erick Oh, Kane Lee (NAMOO)

NAMOO is an animated VR experience that uses all the tools cinematic VR offers to animation to invite the audience on a spiritual journey through life and memories. Sometimes – not often – you come across a story that feels

“In THE WRECK, you embody the heroine’s vital drive, and without you, she’ll never make it” – Florent Maurin (The Pixel Hunt)

The world of independent video games is littered with narrative experiences of ambitious emotional scope. With their latest creation THE WRECK, French studio The Pixel Hunt wanted to deal head-on with the consequences and fear of grief in a deeply

“Our festival must be an international laboratory for immersive creation” – Michael Swierczynski (NewImages Festival)

Less than a year separates the two editions 2020 and 2021 of NewImages Festival, the Paris-based event of digital creation and virtual worlds produced by the Forum des images since 2018. After a shifted edition last September, the festival team