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February 14, 2022

Review⎪From Synthesizers to Synthetic Reality: Jean-Michel Jarre and XR Studio VRrOOm achieve the impossible for Hyper Weekend Festival

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…

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February 11, 2022

“ETERNELLE NOTRE-DAME is the proof that virtual reality is a social experience above all” - Fabien Barati (Emissive)

The Parisian event in this winter 2022, is the presentation of ETERNELLE NOTRE-DAME, a historical and immersive walk around the building. But virtually! An Immersive Expedition that we were able to d…

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February 11, 2022

"To reclaim colonial structures through virtual acts" - Valencia James (SUGA’)

A work that reflects on rituals, ancestry and colonisation, Suga' takes an accessible approach to give audiences a live dance performance using the innovative Volumetric Performance Toolbox

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February 7, 2022

“VR to create a resonance that pulls us back into our humanity” - Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio (ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE)

On the morning you wake (to the end of the world) is one of the best VR pieces in the Sundance New Frontier 2022 lineup. We caught up with lead artist and activist Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio to …

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February 4, 2022

ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE will unveil Chapters 2 & 3 at SXSW 2022

ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE (TO THE END OF THE WORLD), a three-part virtual reality documentary about nuclear threat from the Emmy® Award-winning creators of Notes on Blindness VR, Archer's Mark and Atla…

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February 2, 2022

Review⎪Sundance New Frontier 2022: on bearing witness and taking responsibility

For the second year in a row, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival has gone all digital. Following a successful 2021 edition that saw the regular number of festival goers increase from 13,000 people to ab…

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February 1, 2022

"A work to ground us in the human stories rather than just in a political event" - Erfan Saadati, Sparsh Ahuja (CHILD OF EMPIRE)

Part of the Sundance New Frontier 2022 lineup, Child of Empire is a VR experience in which the discourse on the political situation gives way to a broader reflection on the effects of conflict throug…

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January 18, 2022

"To take the tools that exist today and combine them with the desire to tell stories" - Shari Frilot (Sundance New Frontier)

With the Sundance Film Festival just around the corner, we spoke to New Frontier curator Shari Frilot to find out more about the lineup and the challenges of working on a digital edition for the seco…

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January 6, 2022

A Step Toward The OASIS (5/5): OASIS for good?

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…

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January 5, 2022

XRMust XR Awards 2021: A Year in Immersive Storytelling

As in 2020, an immersive work takes up a lot of space. THE BOOK OF DISTANCE and GOLIATH: PLAYING WITH REALITY have in common a strong narrative, particularly anchored in the immersive medium, and a s…

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January 3, 2022

"A metaverse that is open, democratic, and adheres to ethical standards" - Jason Moore (Alien Rescue)

The Metamovie Presents: Alien Rescue recently won the award for Best Multiplayer Experience at the Raindance Immersive 2021 | Raindance Film Festival. Let's find out how the experience has changed in…

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December 29, 2021

A Global XR Content Telco Alliance (LG Uplus, Orange, Qualcomm Technologies…) for a new generation of premium XR content

How to better support creative studios involved in the XR and metaverse landscape? For telecom companies (Telcos), the challenge is to help innovative creation without forgetting the general public. …

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December 23, 2021

Building the metaverse responsibly with Women in Immersive Tech Europe (WIIT) and Meta

WIIT, standing for Women in Immersive Tech Europe, is the first European NGO that Meta chooses to collaborate with to address Meta’s new goals outlined for building the metaverse responsibly. The WII…

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December 20, 2021

“By adapting a series of paintings in VR, we wanted to explore the context of their creation" - Martin Charrière (UNFRAMED: HAND PUPPETS - PAUL KLEE)

The very creative DNA Studios in Switzerland is no longer a novice when it comes to immersive production, and in particular with its Unframed series that explores the works of renowned (Swiss!) paint…

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December 20, 2021

Review⎪THE INFINITE: ⁠A Giant Leap for XR

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.

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December 15, 2021

"For live theater we can really take advantage of this new immersive medium and go beyond reality" - Alex Coulombe (Agile Lens)

Alex is one of the XR influencers particularly active on the networks (Twitter, Youtube under the name of iBrews). His passions range from architecture to design, from Unreal Engine to theater: a per…