Sundance VR - Archives | VR, AR and AI

The Messy Truth VR Experience wins a Lumiere™ Award

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by Emory Craig

We’re soaking up all the VR that the Sundance Film Festival has to offer this week and missed the recent Lumiere™ Awards. But it’s worth noting the recognition for Van Jones and Elijah Allan-Blitz’s project, The Messy Truth …

Sundance VR program experiments with Mixed Reality and AI

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 by Emory Craig

Sundance VR Program - Sundance Film Festival, Park City Utah

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 …

The amazing SPHERES VR experience is now on Oculus Rift

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 by Emory Craig

The SPHERES VR experience made news in the spring when it scored the million-dollar-plus deal at the Sundance Film Festival. That distribution agreement had us all guessing when and where it would show up. We got the …

The amazing Spheres: Songs of SpaceTime – becoming a Black Hole in VR at the Sundance Film Festival

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 by Emory Craig

Black hole in VR - the amazing experience of space at the Sundance Film Festival

One of the more amazing virtual reality experiences at the Sundance Film Festival this week is SPHERES: Songs of Spacetime. Directed by Eliza McNitt, it transports you into a black hole in VR. It’s a virtual experience …

Sundance Virtual Reality: Lucasflim Holo-Cinema is like Real-Life Star Wars

July 15, 2018January 25, 2016 by Emory Craig

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 …

Media and Events

Join us on the Future Trends Forum with Bryan Alexander at 2:00pm (EST) on Feb. 28th for an interactive discussion and update on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Education.

We're at the EDUCAUSE-ELI Annual Meeting in Anaheim to do a 360 Video workshop, a Discussion on VR and Empathy, and the release of the Horizon Report
Emory Craig and Jesse Damiani discuss the future of VR, AR, and XR on the AV Life Podcast.

Emory Craig is speaking at the AIM North conference on VR and AI as Catalysts for Innovation in Learning, Nov. 7th

Emory Craig is speaking at the OECD Workshop on DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION at OsloMet University in Norway, Nov. 5-6th

We're at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver to do a Preconference workshop on 360° Video and other sessions on VR during the week of Oct. 29th.

Maya Georgieva did an Ignite talk on Storytelling at the Connected Learning Summit at the MIT Media Lab on August 1.

See Maya Georgieva's insights on how Mixed Reality and Magic Leap will transform learning on EdSurge

July 13: Emory Craig spoke at the Fair Media Council on "How Immersive Experiences will Transform Business, Education, and Social Life."

Emory Craig is at Montclair Film on June 29 for a special screening of Sleep Dealer followed by a talk on the ethical landscape of VR and AI in non-fiction storytelling.

We are at the Realities360 conference in San Jose, CA, June 25-28 to do a workshop on 360 Video and a talk on VR and Ethics

Maya Georgieva will be speaking at a joint session between the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament in Brussels on "VR and the Future of Education". April 2018.

360° Storytelling Faculty Development Workshop I New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS). Feb 2018.

At SXSWedu? Join Maya Georgieva for a talk on The Future of Learning: The Convergence of VR, AR, & AI. Mar 5, 2018.