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Voices of VR

Kent Bye•voicesofvr.com
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Designing for Virtual Reality. Oral history podcast featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Learn about the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.
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#1448: Pitching at Venice Production Bridge and The “Body of Mine” LGBTQ+ Impact Campaign with Cameron Kostopoulos

I interviewed Body of Mine director Cameron Kostopoulos at Venice Immersive 2024 about his impact campaign since winning a special jury prize at SXSW 2023 (see my first interview with him here.). He showed Body of Mine as a part of the competition at Venice Immersive 2023, and he was back on the Immersive Island this year pitching his latest project A Cure for Straightness at the Venice Production Bridge. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's the launch trailer for Body of Mine:...

Sep 17, 2024•41 min

#1447: Creating New Choregraphy Contexts for Dance Under Water with “Une Eau La Nuit (Bodies Of Water)”

I interviewed Une Eau La Nuit (Bodies Of Water) co-directors Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage with producer Laurence Wells at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here is their artist statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XVyHOle3Y This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•53 min

#1446: Studio Syro’s “The Art Of Change” is the Best Immersive Music Video Experience I’ve Seen So Far Pushing at the Edges of Spatial Grammar

I interviewed The Art Of Change co-directors Simone Fougnier and Vincent Rooijers with producer Peter Ariet at Venice Immersive 2024. I had a chance to get an early look at this piece, and I watched it three times before stepping foot on the island. I absolutely loved this piece, and it was at the top of my personal favorites from the festival. I found this piece to be so emotionally moving, as well as innovative in it's spatial transformations and use of consonance and dissonance cycles within ...

Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 11 min

#1443: Venice Immersive Worlds Gallery Producer Mike Salmon on the 2024 Selection of VRChat Worlds

I interviewed Venice Immersive Worlds Gallery Producer Mike Salmon at Venice Immersive 2024 about this year's selection of 20 VRChat worlds as well as his process of scouting promising leads and trends of world building, music, art, and immersive storytelling.. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•59 min

#1440: Rencontres Experimental Social VR Experience with Minimal Guidance

I interviewed Rencontres director Mathieu Pradat at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnsFWIUgp4 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•57 min

#1437: “What If…?” Director Dave Bushore on Translating Marvel IP into an Emmy-Award Winning Interactive Cinematic Journey

I interviewed What If…? - An Immersive Story director Dave Bushore at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. What If...? also picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming as awarded by a juried portion of the Emerging Media Programming Peer Group of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Also, Bushore announced that he was leaving Marvel after returning home from Venice Immersive 2024. The Hollywood Reporter reported on how Bu...

Sep 17, 2024•56 min

#1436: Transforming 2D Art into an Immersive VRChat Journey Complete with Themed Avatars with “Strangeways”

I interviewed Strangeways co-director Adam Lieber, developers Dale P Deacon and Alex Bossman, as well as avatar creator Egbert Harm Westra at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu54ULcUC0 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•51 min

#1430: Immersive Expeditions Prove to be Profitable LBE Business for Emissive’s Fabien Barati

I interviewed Emissive / Excurio co-founder and CEO Fabien Barati at Laval Virtual 2023 after having tried the free-roaming Immersive Expedition edition of Éternelle Notre-Dame, which was really quite incredible. I originally saw the sit-down version of Éternelle Notre-Dame at Venice Immersive 2022, but the free-roaming, immersive expedition version was such a distinctly different experience that felt like I was going on a proper adventure. Here's a showreel of Excurio's immersive expeditions th...

Sep 17, 2024•27 min

#1429: Below Deck Innovations Fuse Theatrical Staging, Mixed Reality, & 360 Video

I interviewed Below Deck co-directors Martina Mahlknecht and Martin Prinoth at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJmhkJC05Q This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•45 min

#1428: Exploring the Horrors of Forgotten Refugee’s Plight in “Somewhere Unknown In Indochina”

I interviewed Somewhere Unknown In Indochina co-directors Asio Chihsiung Liu and Feng Ting Tsou at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Note that I'll likely need to manually clean up this rough transcript as WhisperX seemed to be having some difficulties detecting speaker changes on this one.) Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLksFqZXs8 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality...

Sep 17, 2024•45 min

#1427: Poetic Environmental Storytelling of “Fragile Home” Elegantly Tells the Story of War in Ukraine with Mixed Reality

I interviewed Fragile Home director Ondrej Moravec at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. There were also allegations of copyright infringement that were made within the context of a private WhatsApp group during the festival, and Moravec distributed an official statement privately to selected people privately on September 2nd, and then he shared his statement with me after the festival to be included here as an official comment on the matter. Here's their arti...

Sep 17, 2024•53 min

#1423: Translating Anime IP into a VR Film with “Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom”

I interviewed Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom creators from Bandai Namco Filmworks including Naohiro Ogata, Kiichiro Inoue, Ken Iyadomi as well as Atlas V producers Arnaud Colinart and Julien Bercy, and technical art director Gaël Chaize at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoxzpYrQvt4 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Sep 17, 2024•42 min
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