Joe Hunting, director of the HBO film “We Met In Virtual Reality,” is starting a production company called Painted Clouds, focusing exclusively on virtual reality filmmaking. The company aims to create original films and series using real time VR, including the popular platform VRChat. ...
Hunting’s “We Met In Virtual Reality,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022, is a documentary showcasing online connection through virtual reality, also filmed exclusively in VR. Taking place amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the film illustrates the nature of virtual expression and interaction whilst people were physically isolated. Variety‘s Peter Debruge called Hunting’s documentary “a warmhearted, often humorous look at the sociology of such spaces.” ...
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