“If you want to create empathy, it doesn’t matter what kind of medium, there’s craft in telling the story” – Steye Hallema (ANCESTORS)

ANCESTORS is a unique participatory journey six generations into the future, exploring how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s world. In a large-group experience, the piece uses AI and guides you by your smartphone to connect with others around you. Directed by Steye Hallema (THE IMAGINARY FRIEND) for the Smartphone Orchestra, it premiered at IDFA 2024 and […]

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“The Apple Vision Pro, while not perfect in its first version, is renewing interest in immersive applications” – Tom Krikorian (Tab To Tap)

A l’occasion du prochain événement Apple le 9 septembre prochain, nous allons à la rencontre de la communauté française travaillant sur les applications et contenus Apple Vision Pro. Alors que la marque à la pomme a lancé son premier casque

Decoding XR: from VR to dome adaptation, with Claudix Vanesix, Avinash Changa (FEEDBACK VR, UN MUSICAL ANTIFUTURISTA)

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 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

“A lab to dig down to the core of the story and break down expectations about immersive productions” – Mads Damsbo (EUCL)

The European Creators Lab, which for years has supported artists from a wide variety of fields in developing their immersive projects, is back for 2024. The new call to participate in next April’s Development Lab is now open, and you

Review⎪LUSTRATION: connecting mainstream audiences to immersive stories

Lustration VR is a 4-episode virtual reality series made using Quill and available on Oculus TV that will blow your mind with its intricate plot and fantasy/noir content. A production in which the viewer can switch camera POVs and explore

“MIRROR is an R&D laboratory for Atlas V” – Pierre Zandrowicz (MIRROR: THE SIGNAL)

A pioneer of immersive fiction in France with I, PHILIP (2016), Pierre Zandrowicz has never ceased to explore new narrative horizons (...)