FIVARS February Edition Showcases Virtual Reality Storytelling
The seventh annual Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Storytelling (FIVARS) concluded its Winter session this Tuesday, March 9. The virtual reality film showcase, which was supposed to run from February 19 to March 2, was extended an extra week due to heavy attendance, according to event organizers.
The FIVARS Winter edition showcased 25 official selections.
Exploring the February Selection
The international selection included moving documentaries, edge-of-your-seat horror, spatial music videos, and more.
Director Ken Winikur’s Don’t Forget Me takes viewers inside the experiences of concentration camp survivor George Brent. A volumetric capture of Brent guides visitors through his experience illustrated through a combination of 360-video, archival photographs, and chilling animations and audio.
Welcome to the Other Side – Zero Gravity took users inside of a 3D model of Notre Dame Cathedral for a virtual concert self-directed by musician Jean-Michel Jarre. The high-energy virtual reality experience, created in collaboration with the City of Paris and UNESCO, included a crowd of virtual concert-goers to share the experience with.
The FIVARS is hosted annually by Virtual Reality Toronto (VRTO).
festival director and founder Keram Malicki-Sanchez said in a message to event attendees. “As is par for the course with the FIVARS, you are now participating with us in this historic moment.”
We can now look forward to the Fall showcase, which will run from October 15 to November 2, and include the 2021 FIVARS Awards.
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