“The history of music is the history of its technological innovations” – Roman Rappak (RISTBAND)

After a successful presence at SXSW, immersive technology and creative studio Ristband just visited GITEX Africa, Morocco, where it presented its AI-Driven Immersive Concert. Recently, they headed to the Shanghai International Film Festival where their mixed reality concert and standalone VR experience Detachment will be showcased as a part of the official selection. We caught […]

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“New media experiences should be inspired by the video game industry” – Nicolas Pelloille-Oudart (ØRÐESA, UNMAZE)

Despite a global pandemic, the French creative studio Hiver Prod has not been idle and has adapted to the circumstances to offer two interactive experiences distributed by Arte in less than a year: the interactive film ØRÐESA in the fall

“We aim to create a dialogue between the creators and the audience” – Mark Atkin (CPH:DOX Inter:Active)

Documentary festivals are important meetings to contemplate the reflection of our changing societies. On the interactive side, they are both laboratories for narrative and technological experimentation, and spaces for debate. CPH:DOX (Denmark) is one of the key interactive documentary events

“Immersive experiences shall open up multi-layered discussions between all generations, between all perspectives of this world” – Ioana Mischie (HUMAN VIOLINS – PRELUDE)

Ioana Mischie is a Romanian-born transmedia artist and futurist, active in the field for almost 12 years. She is also founder of the Storyscapes collective, which emerged as the first association focussing on transmedia storytelling in the country, paving the

“A project to grasp the depths of the human psyche” – Jane Rzheznikova, Alina Mikhaleva (LIBRARY OF DREAMS)

Following the world of immersive workshops closely, one of the projects that has recently caught our attention is LIBRARY OF DREAMS created by Jane Rzheznikova and produced by Alina Mikhaleva Savelyeva. We interviewed Jane and Alina to find out more

“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

“We develop the MeRCURY headset for total, poetic immersion” – Pierre “PYARe” Friquet (NiGHT immersion)

Pierre Friquet has been an explorer of immersion for over ten years. From the first 360 films shot in India (JET LAG, presented at Cannes XR in 2016) to more installative formats (SPACED OUT, PATTERNS…), Pierre is fearless. And it’s