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Busan: Virtual Reality Conference Draws Big Crowds
The keynote was delivered by Jerome Blanquet, creator of the narrative VR experience “Alteration,” starring Bill Skarsgard, Pom Klementieff, Lizzie Brocheré and Amira Casar, that has taken audiences at the Tribeca and Venice festivals by storm earlier this year, and won the special jury prize at the Paris Virtual Film Festival.Produced by French outfit Okio Studio, “Alteration” is set in the future and centers around a man who volunteers for an experiment to study dreams and is subjected to the intrusion of Elsa, a form of artificial intelligence aiming to digitize his subconscious. “Alteration” world premiered at Tribeca.
“To me, VR is like a dream, you can walk, you can fly, you can do anything,” said Blanquet in his opening remarks. During his keynote, Blanquet walked the audience through the process of creating a VR experience.