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Filmmakers Launch New VR Company At Tribeca Film Festival

Among film festivals, the Tribeca Film Festival has one of the strongest relationships with virtual reality (VR), with several VR and 360-degree movies getting premieres at the event Now a new VR content company has been announced at the event.

Filmmakers Jacob Wasserman, Adam Donald and Ant Gentile have announced the creation of a new VR content company named Hidden Content, which was revealed at the premiere of the company’s first project, horror anthology The Caretaker.

The Caretaker is a narrative horror anthology in 360-degrees, which stars Adelaide Clemens, Tom Lipinski, Clara Wong and Diana Agostini. The pilot was a co-production with RealMotion Inc, with Max Born and Schuyler Weiss serving as producers, and Gentile and Kimberly Parker as exectutive producers.

Hidden Content will be working with film producer and financier Max Born again to produce a slate of VR films and develop a distribution platform for VR and augmented reality (AR) content. The aim is to have Hidden Content act as a full-service VR company. The three filmmakers behind the company have worked extensively in VR and 360-dgree cinema producing VR adverts and other branded content.

Hidden Content are working on three additional new VR genre series, though details on what these are have not yet been unveiled. The company is also working with other VR creators to add to the slate of projects for 2018.

The team previously produced Broken Night, a live-action interactive narrative which tells the story of a woman and her husband returning home from a night out to discover someone has broken into their home. The viewer can make decisions that influence the direction of the narrative as it progresses.

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Additional information on Hidden Content’s projects can be found its website. Further news on Hidden Content and other VR experiences will be reported on here on VRFocus.

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Eko Demonstrates New Interactive VR Storytelling Technology

Media and technology company Eko have unveiled their first venture into interactive virtual reality (VR) storytelling with VR short film Broken Night, starring Emily Mortimer and Alessandra Nivola. The Eko technology allows the viewer to influence the direction the story takes, instead of just being a passive viewer.

The Eko interactive platform is designed to allow the viewer to change the story through their actions, seamlessly and in real-time. In time, the company hope to be able to create a platform that will allow a storyteller to create immersive, interactive VR experiences for smartphones, PCs and smart TVs.

Broken Night tells the story of a woman and her husband returning home to discover an intruder has entered their home. The events are presented as recollections told to a police detective, with the viewer able to choose the direction of the narrative by selecting which chain of memories to follow.

“Artists and storytellers are just starting to explore the exciting new world of virtual reality,” said Tal Zubalsky, Eko Co-Founder and CPO. “It’s Eko’s goal to give them new and revolutionary tools to tell unique, immersive and emotional experiences that transport consumers from a passive viewer to an active participant in the story. It is an exciting time in VR as we see it grow and evolve and we’re thrilled to be a leader in its innovation.”

Emily Mortimer, lead actress and co-executive producer (with Alessandro Nivola) of “Broken Night,” added, “What made Broken Night so intriguing to be a part of, is as an artist you are always looking for new and challenging ways to explore what you do. To be a part of a storytelling medium that is so cutting edge was a challenge but also very exciting. Eko is pushing the boundaries of this thrilling new medium and I’m honored to be a part of it.”

VRFocus will bring you further information on the Eko platform and its VR content as it becomes available.