The Sundance 2020 New Frontier program offered an amazing selection of VR experiences. One of the highlights this year was Metamorphic, an exploration of movement and play in VR. Designed by Lead Artists Matthew Niederhauser, Wesley …
Persuasion Machines is a compelling experience at the Sundance Film Festival which grapples with the issue of data privacy in XR. The project builds upon the Netflix documentary, The Great Hack, pushing it into a VR …
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The Sundance immersive stage in the New Frontier program offered cutting-edge projects with immersive technologies. We’ve been going to Sundance for the last five years and love our all-too-brief visits to Park City and its snow-peaked …
We’re on our way to the Sundance VR program at the popular film festival in Park City. We’ll have some reflections later this weekend and next week (assuming my fingers aren’t too cold to type) once …
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Awavena is the most recent project of the Emmy® Award-winning artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth. You may recall that she and her partner Nicole Newnham was behind the remarkable VR experience, Collisions, at the 2016 Sundance Film …
The new VR experience, Wolves in the Walls debuts at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this week. At a time when some see virtual reality failing (see here and here), this short VR …
It’s time to select the best VR of 2016 – the Digital Bodies’ VR Oscars. Our awards honor the best Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality developments. We’re covering everything from immersive experiences, documentary work, …
Here’s the guide to the Sundance Virtual Reality program. Once again, virtual reality takes center stage at the film festival. But this time, it’s expanding beyond its original location in the historic Claim Jumper building at …
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Back in January, we offered our virtual reality predictions for 2016. Now that the year’s up, it’s worth checking the clarity of our crystal ball. In a few days, we’ll take a look at the trends …
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We’re looking forward to the new virtual reality projects at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. We were at this year’s festival and the artists in the New Frontiers program are doing groundbreaking work. Whether you’re in …
When we first tried virtual reality using a laptop backpack (at the Real Virtuality experience at the Sundance Film Festival), we were deeply impressed. It offered freedom of movement – essential for multiplayer VR – and …
Of the many things we learned at the Sundance New Frontier program VR exhibits, virtual reality is both astonishingly real and at times terribly awkward. The hyper-realism is right in front of you – grab a VR headset …
A fascinating VR project at Sundance is the In the Eyes of the Animal, an immersive experience that uses virtual reality to put you in the body of another species. The Sundance New Frontiers program is not just film and …
Imagine walking up to a character in a movie and have a conversation with them. No longer a fantasy, the Sundance Virtual Reality project by Lucasfilm is making this a reality for Star Wars fans. It’s …
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While the best place to watch the new Sundance VR films is in Park City, you don’t need to be at the Sundance Film Festival to see them. Many of the virtual reality releases are available …
The New York Times has a good OpEd on “Where Virtual Reality Takes Us.” The article covers three works at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The New Frontier Program at Sundance will showcase over 30 VR films …
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