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This yearâs Sundance Film Festival going virtual has no doubt been a godsend for accessibility. Countless world class films, previously confined to snowy Park City, are temporarily made available to anyone in the country, anywhere, including my cramped apartment in Ridgewood, Queens. Despite the lack of a centralized on-site venue for New Frontier, the festivalâs annual virtual reality and new media showcase, the Sundance Institute overhauled their interface in order to support a platform perfectly suited for innovative works at the intersection of moving image and burgeoning techno...
Social Justice and Technology Take Center Stage at Sundance Film Festival This year’s Sundance Film Festival may have been shorter and with far less fanfare and frills than years past, but that didn’t stop dozens of feature films, events, and exhibitions from shining. This year’s festival was largely remote, allowing viewers to tune in from virtually anywhere in the world. Rather than a traditional Main Street experience, visitors could stop by a “virtual Main Street,” complete with virtual lodges and events. The festival’s iconic New Frontiers exhibit relied heavily on virtual ...
The plump, mustachioed and vest-wearing Frank Bourassa looks genial enough, especially when he materializes as a tiny cartoon figure in your living room. He’s here, in augmented reality, to talk to us about money, seeking to raise questions about our own fiduciary responsibility — or lack thereof. But should we trust someone who claims he’s the “world’s greatest counterfeiter”? Add in the fact that he’s a cartoon, and maybe we should be on our guard — or at least pay closer attention. When it comes to examinations of the psychology of money there’s a human tendency to tun...
Sundance Film Festival will let you hang out in space next to the ISS (apparently) The fest's New Frontier program -- always packed with virtual reality and other tech-driven storytelling -- is pulling out all the stops next month during Sundance's mostly virtual festival. Listen - 08:13 Sundance typically takes place in Park City, Utah. Getty Images The Sundance Film Festival is going more virtual than ever, which is saying something for the fest that helped put virtual reality on Hollywood's rada...