Raindance Film Festival embraces Virtual RealitySeptember 30, 2016 - 14:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Following on from the Venice Film Festival’s decision to incorporate Virtual Reality with the inclusion of David Hanen’s work-in-progress “Jesus VR — The Story of Christ,” Raindance founder Elliot Grove this year unveiled the festival’s inaugural Virtual Reality Arcade, to be held this weekend at London’s Hospital Club, Variety reports. “VR is not like 3D,” says Grove. “3D was a fad, VR is the biggest thing in movies since probably sound and picture. And the interesting thing to me is that the technology is still evolving, and yet nobody really knows how to tell a story using the space all around.” Adds events producer Georgina Bednar, “As far as we know, we are the first VR exhibition in London that is available to the public. It’s free and everyone’s welcome.” The films vary in length from two minutes to 20, and festivalgoers can book an hour’s session at a time. “You spend your hour how you like,” says Bednar. “At other festivals you have to go to different headsets to experience different films. We’ve chosen not to do that, because you end up with favorites and then the queues start to back up. Instead, the films will be pre-loaded onto the headsets to enable the viewer to curate their own experience, although there are also four or five Oculus experiences that involve slightly more complex technology.” Notes Grove, “You won’t have time to see everything but you might, as I did, walk in space on the Voyager American satellite, or visit the Jungle [refugee camp] at Calais. There are 14 very different ‘experiences’, as we call them, even though they’re films.” In addition, the festival is offering four free panel sessions to discuss the issues this new technology raises. Photo: Raindance Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. Caring for nature, we have started with ourselves - Team Telecom Armenia Team Telecom Armenia summarized the work undertaken within the company in the direction of environmental protection. Residents of border Armenian villages continue protests Residents of several Armenian communities in Tavush province continued protests into April 22 morning. |