An AI-generated trans drag show, a dystopian game about digital “security” and an almost pornographic immersive VR piece about gay saunas in Taiwan. These were some of the pieces at the recent CPH:DO…
A look at Eggscape, winner of the Venice Immersive Special Jury Prize at Venezia79, and one of the most original works presented at the Venice Film Festival this year.
"Access to Audiences" is the new report from The Animation Workshop / VIA University College, leaded by Michelle Kranot. Exploring the challenges and emerging opportunities in XR content distribution…
Recently, a major report studying what I refer to as the narrative XR arts sector has been published by Québec/Canada XR, and it’s as comprehensive and voluminous a report as one could ask for. Entit…
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 vi…
Last year, one of the Targo productions (a VR documentary production company based in France) was released on Oculus TV. A memorial work on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the attacks of Sept…
New perspectives, different horizons, illuminated inequality: the list of enriching features we consume as documentary viewers is long. So, it’s no surprise that the market is going from strength to …
The numerous immersive works that flourish every year prove that virtual reality has largely integrated the art world. The 7th art is not left behind, as shown by the prestigious film festivals that …
While Meta has been trying to convince the general public to embrace virtual reality since 2016, the firm does not yet seem to have solved the problems of violence and toxicity observable today in on…
After the hugely successful Notre Dame VR experience, legendary artist & producer Jean-Michel Jarre returned with VR studio and metaverse architects VRrOOm for “OXYMORE” as a part of Hyper Weekend Fe…
Dystopia is a common feature in fiction that picture the near future where reality and virtual reality become indiscernible. The popular narrative goes something like this: the protagonist is fascina…
THE INFINITE is not only one of the most visually stimulating XR exhibitions in recent memory but also, and perhaps surprisingly, a remarkably moving experience.
Who are capitalizing on the OASIS? And how? Everything is changing at a terrifying speed. During the past two months, it seems as if the term ‘metaverse’ has begun to parallel the ‘the 4th Industrial…
What are the requirements for the OASIS user experience? The last two posts explored how 1) the OASIS is not a distant future, but an imminent reality and 2) “open-source reality” platforms such as Y…
What makes something “mainstream”? Do you remember when and how you first started using “mainstream” social media such as Facebook, YouTube, KakaoTalk, etc? Perhaps a random acquaintance invited you,…
For the first time since its Particles of Existence exhibit in 2018, PHI Centre is hosting a project by Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), one of the world's leading immersive art collectives. We Live in…
