Experience as many as 37 projects from 21 countries as well as the brand new Venice VRChat Worlds Gallery.
The 2021 Venice Film Festival is set to kick off this September, bringing with it yet another diverse collection of groundbreaking projects from some of the most creative minds in the field. As was the case with last year’s event, attendees can once again enjoy a wide range of VR content remotely thanks to a partnership with Oculus and Viveport.
Split into several categories, Venice VR Expanded will feature 37 projects from 21 countries around the world. 23 of these projects will be presented as part of the “Competition” event. Another 12 titles released within the last year will be entered into the “Out of Competition – Best Of” category. The other two projects will be presented in person at the festival and will not be available for remote viewing.
New to this years’ festival is the VRChat Worlds Gallery, a virtual event space featuring 35 unique worlds built specifically for the popular social VR platform. This virtual exhibit will also feature a variety of live performances, several “Meet the Creator” sessions, and opening and closing parties. Some of the aforementioned events will only be available to accredited guests.
Here’s a full list of this years’ offerings:
COMPETITION LINEUP
- “Angels in Amsterdam,” Anna Abrahams, Avinash Changa
- “End of Night,” David Adler
- “The Starry Sand Beach,” Nina Barbier, Hsin-Chien Huang
- “Caves,” Isabel Garcia Carlos
- “Bedlam,” Mar Collishaw
- “Genesis,” Joerg Courtial
- “Spirit of Place,” Dale Deacon
- “Tearless,” Kim Gina
- “Samsara Complete Part 1 and 2 Version,” Hsin-Chien Huang
- “Clap,” Keisuke Itoh
- “Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li,” Blanca Li
- “Bliss in the Ear of a Storm,” Adam Lieber, Hal Sorta
- “Il Dubbio – Episode 2,” Matteo Lonardi, Javier Lajara, Javier Martinez
- “Anadala,” Kevin Mack
- “Goliath: Playing With Reality,” Barry Gene Murphy, May Adballa
- “Montegelato,” Davide App
- “The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite,” Lyndsie Scoggin
- “Container,” Meghna Singh
- “The Sick Rose,” Tang Zhi-Zhong, Huang Yun-Hsien
- “Myriad. Where We Connect,” Lena Thele, Sebastian Baurmann, Dirk Hoffmann
- “The Last Worker,” Jorg Tittel
- “Exploring Home,” Sara Lisa Vogl
- “Yi Yuang (The Final Wish),” Wang Haipei, Wang Shanshan
OUT OF COMPETITION LINEUP
- Maskmaker,” Balthazar Auxiere
- “Mind VR Exploration,” Deng Zuyun, Kong Cao
- “Kusunda,” Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
- “Micro Monsters With David Attenborough,” Elliot Graves
- “Mare,” Rui Guerreiro
- “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience – Episodes 1-2,” Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael
- “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!,” Michael Levine
- “Myst,” Rand Miller, Hannah Gamiel, Eric Anderson
- “Knot: A trilogy,” Glen Neath, David Rosenberg
- “Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife,” Erik Odeldahl
- “Jurassic World Aftermath,” Richard Snowdon
- “Reeducated,” Sam Woldon, Ben Mauk, Nicholas Rubin, Matt Huynh
VRCHAT WORLDS GALLERY LINEUP
- VRChat Worlds GalleryA MAZE․ TRAIN STATION
- AQUARIUS
- ATLANTIS˸ SUPERRARE EXHIBITION
- CLUB GUMBALL
- CRAFTY CLIMB
- ERS
- CRYPT OF THE SPIRITS
- CRYSTAL DUNES
- CYCLE OF LIFE
- DEEP BLUE NIGHT
- EDEN
- FFCR
- FRANK
- GUMBALL LOUNGE
- KARAOKE CENTRA
- LAST HOPE WATCH TOWER
- LOST IT
- MIRЯIM
- MONORAIL COASTER
- MONORAIL COASTER LITE
- MOSCOW TRIP 1952
- MUSEUM-OF-VRPAINTING
- NOIR – CALL OF THE VOID (SPOOKALITY RELEASE｜TECH DEMO)
- RAAWRS’ ELNO-THEL FOREST
- SAPIENSTRUCT
- SUBMERGE 2
- SURREAL HAZARD
- SXSW XR 2021
- THE DEVOURING
- THE EDGE
- THE FORT
- THE HALLWYL MUSEUM
- THE JUNKYARDǃ
- TREEHOUSE IN THE SHADE
- UNCANNY ALLEY
- WORLD.EXECUTE (ME)
- VRChat Worlds Gallery – Special Events
- BRAINDANCE
- JEAN MICHEL JARRE CONCERT
- M.A.S.S.
- MYCELIA
- SHELTER
The 2021 Venice VR Expanded showcase takes place virtually from September 1st to the 19th.
For more information visit here.
Feature Image Credit: Venice Film Festival
