Repost: Cinema Goes Virtual, VR Goes Indie, and Immersive Expands at SXSW 2019

From the snow-packed slopes of Sundance to the Texas heat of SXSW, VR is already having a big year. Interactive mysteries, VR narrative films, and documentary-style exhibits exploded out of Sundance’s New Frontier VR category, and now, it’s SXSW’s chance to create an enormous moment around immersive technology that inspires and connects our industry.

And it seems that the festival, a long time bastion for creative innovation that mints cultural currency, is up to the task. SXSW is embracing the expanding conversation between storytelling and tech through its VR/MR/AR panel discussions, screenings and exhibitions. And, incredible immersive theorists and filmmakers including Nonny de la Peña (bringing her Border Stories experience) and Jessica Brillhart, formerly the Principal Filmmaker for VR at Google and a keynote speaker this year, will be on the ground to help illuminate a path forward.

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