Virtual Reality describes immersion in an artificially produced, or virtual world. By using headsets with screens, it is possible to experience and interact with a 360° virtual space.
Virtual Territories offers a Workshop on Virtual Reality and Immersive Film for audiovisual and interactive professionals, an Exhibition and a Panel.
Workshop (registration necessary)
The Workshop aims at giving an overview of the state of Virtual Reality. It focuses on new developments and challenges of VR as well as on aspects such as:
- genres and variety of projects
- dramaturgy and narration, writing for VR
- the viewer's role and interaction through time and space
- shooting and editing
- funding, business models, audience and markets.
These topics will be discussed with experts. The topics will be accompanied by matching VR works curated by the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans.
Exhibition (open to the public)
New and innovative Swiss and international VR works (10:00-21:00).
Panel (open to the public)
Politicians from different parts of Switzerland willl discuss the possibilities and limits of financing Swiss digital creation (18:30-19:30)
Thomas Bedenk, VR Consultant, Germany
Marie Blondiaux, VR Producer, Red Corner, France
Rémi Giordano, Screenwriter, VR Writer, France
Alexander Herrmann, VR Producer, Expanding Focus, Germany
Ingejan Lightart Schenk, VR director "Ashes to Ashes", Holland
Moderators
Marc Lepetit, Executive Producer, Tutor, UFA Fiction, Germany
Martin Zimper, Professor Cast / Audio-Visual Media, ZHdK
