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September 11, 2023

Chou Tung-Yen's Large-Scale XR Production FREE UR HEAD Boldly Ventures into the Venice Gap-Financing Market

The 80th Venice Film Festival officially kicked off on August 30th, and in parallel with the festival, the Venice Production Bridge showcased new projects. Among these was Chou Tung-Yen, the director…

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June 19, 2023

Editorial⎪Coming back from Tribeca Immersive 2023

Although festivals have been back in person for some time now, this past edition of Tribeca was my first experience attending a in-person XR festival outside of my hometown of Montreal. More importan…

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April 20, 2023

CPH:Lab 2023: NËPP NËPPËL, GHOST GENES, BABEL (part 3)

Over the last two weeks, we have presented 6 of the 9 projects developed within the CPH:Lab in Copenhagen. Today we discover the last three, while waiting for the new call for the next edition of the…

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April 6, 2023

CPH:Lab 2023: COLLATERAL ECHOES VR, THE FOREST THAT BREATHES US, DIPLOMATIC REBEL (part 2)

A few days after our return from Copenhagen, where we joined the CPH:DOX Inter:Active festival, we present the second part of the article dedicated to the 9 projects that were developed during the CP…

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April 3, 2023

CPH:Lab 2023: ZEDNA, UNSTABLE EVIDENCE, SLIPSTREAMING (part 1)

The CPH:LAB is a talent development programme that helps artists and visionaries challenge themselves with new technologies and bring new perspectives to the world. We discussed the nine projects sel…

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February 21, 2023

XR Folks: let’s connect at Luxembourg City Film Festival 2023!

Just before SXSW in Austin, it's Luxembourg that's ringing the bell for the XR creative community by offering (as it has since 2017) a competition around immersive experiences (VR, AR, audio…), prize…

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January 23, 2023

"We wanted to tell stories, but also to get closer to the human element." Ruby-Maude Rioux (OASIS immersion)

transformé, this is a brand-new immersive show presented in by OASIS Immersion in Montreal. It’s goal: to offer "a fascinating voyage rooted in real-life stories from which emerges the infinite power…

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December 1, 2022

Report⎪About 4 Live Experiences at Raindance Immersive 2022

The seventh edition of the annual Raindance Immersive was held during 26 October - 26 November 2022, “celebrating independent XR creators, game developers, virtual world builders and performers with …

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November 14, 2022

Report⎪In Toronto, FIVARS in Fall 2022

In a year that has been marked by the return to in-person events, the fall edition of the Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS) is bucking the trend by continuing t…

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November 6, 2022

Hyper Festival is back, this time in Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)

The Brazilian event Hyper Festival, founded by Fabio Hofnik (Brazilian XR curator and creator now based in Winnipeg, Ontario - also associated with the creation of XRMust), is moving to Canada for it…

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October 19, 2022

Report⎪The Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2022

Last weekend there was a call for collaboration, funding and accessibility from the vibrant centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is being held from …

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October 17, 2022

Report⎪NFT, XR Distribution... Report from FNC Forum 2022

As part of the 51st edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, the FNC Forum is part of a series of activities aimed at professionals in the film and audiovisual industry. Organized from …

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October 12, 2022

Report⎪Back from Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2022

Although virtual festivals now seem to be a thing of the past, folks in Montreal are lucky to have access to the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), an event that has offered a selection of immersive a…

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September 14, 2022

Stereopsia EUROPE is back, with a few changes (and a full 2022 programme)

Stereopsia EUROPE, one of the most important events at the end of each year, comes back earlier than expected with an autumn 14th edition from October 17 to 19, in a new place: the Maison de la Poste…

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September 1, 2022

Editorial⎪Coming back from Mutek Montreal Forum 2022

From August 23 to 26, 2022, hundreds of artists and thinkers gathered at UQAM's Cœur des Sciences for the eighth edition of the MUTEK Forum. Once again this year, the Forum offered a series of activi…

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August 29, 2022

Throwback to VeniceVR - The Top 12 List, by Agnese Pietrobon

At the milestone of the first five years of Venice Immersive, and with a sixth edition on the way, let's take a step back in time to reflect on the works we loved the most... And yes, it will be a so…