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29 Halloween Horrors Come To VRrOOm Via The Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival

As you will all no doubt be very aware the onset of October means only one thing (two things if you count shops start putting up Christmas displays for some reason) and that is a deluge of all things spooky, scary and skeleton-filled. Halloween is coming, and there is quite literally no stopping it.

Today the latest horror tinged announcement comes from France as The Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (SEFFF) looks to bring its Halloween selection of twenty-nine scary short films (6 in regular and 23 in 360 degree format) to VRrOOm’s XR platform. For a month, beginning today and ending on November 8th 2018, VRrOOm’s XR platform will host a variety of SEFFF experiences that will appeal to lovers of  sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

The partnership announcement with SEFFF comes a month after the app, developed with Paris-based agency Bemersive, was launched in partnership with the Venice Film Festival. VRrOOm also plan to announce their next program later this month.

“The VRrOOm’s XR platform is dedicated to providing a virtual stage to the world’s finest festivals and cultural events, reflecting on how today’s exhibition and distribution of films go hand-in-hand in a fast-changing landscape of how art and artists relate to their audiences across all media.” Said the company in a statement. “The app also features a virtual cinema room designed according to THX’s certification program guidelines. The THX Certified Cinema virtual auditorium is a celebration of the art of filmmaking, allowing the audience members to experience the power of storytelling in the world’s most personal cinema.”

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The app is free to access for interested parties to download and ais available on both iOS and Android, with support for Google Daydream headsets. Additionally the app is also available on the app is also available on both Viveport and the Oculus Store, with support for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR.

The full list of experiences and short films are as follows: Kinch And The Double World, Portal, King of Infinite Space, Crackle, Going Home, Mister Vampire, The Ghostbusters, Space X Girl VR, Your Spiritual Temple Sucks, Voyager, Damage Control, Babs, Just After Midnight, A Loft In Paradise, Saint Hubert, Knives, Seance, Mirror Man, Burlap, The Invisible Man, 11:57, Blood Room, Coyote, Death Van, Fan Club, Joy Ride, Teddy’s Bear Picnic, Last Man Standing and Zombie Apocalypse.

VRFocus will bring you more news on the developments in VR film very soon.

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29 Halloween Horrors Come To VRrOOm Via The Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival

As you will all no doubt be very aware the onset of October means only one thing (two things if you count shops start putting up Christmas displays for some reason) and that is a deluge of all things spooky, scary and skeleton-filled. Halloween is coming, and there is quite literally no stopping it.

Today the latest horror tinged announcement comes from France as The Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (SEFFF) looks to bring its Halloween selection of twenty-nine scary short films (6 in regular and 23 in 360 degree format) to VRrOOm’s XR platform. For a month, beginning today and ending on November 8th 2018, VRrOOm’s XR platform will host a variety of SEFFF experiences that will appeal to lovers of  sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

The partnership announcement with SEFFF comes a month after the app, developed with Paris-based agency Bemersive, was launched in partnership with the Venice Film Festival. VRrOOm also plan to announce their next program later this month.

“The VRrOOm’s XR platform is dedicated to providing a virtual stage to the world’s finest festivals and cultural events, reflecting on how today’s exhibition and distribution of films go hand-in-hand in a fast-changing landscape of how art and artists relate to their audiences across all media.” Said the company in a statement. “The app also features a virtual cinema room designed according to THX’s certification program guidelines. The THX Certified Cinema virtual auditorium is a celebration of the art of filmmaking, allowing the audience members to experience the power of storytelling in the world’s most personal cinema.”

VRrOOm - Halloween 2018

The app is free to access for interested parties to download and ais available on both iOS and Android, with support for Google Daydream headsets. Additionally the app is also available on the app is also available on both Viveport and the Oculus Store, with support for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR.

The full list of experiences and short films are as follows: Kinch And The Double World, Portal, King of Infinite Space, Crackle, Going Home, Mister Vampire, The Ghostbusters, Space X Girl VR, Your Spiritual Temple Sucks, Voyager, Damage Control, Babs, Just After Midnight, A Loft In Paradise, Saint Hubert, Knives, Seance, Mirror Man, Burlap, The Invisible Man, 11:57, Blood Room, Coyote, Death Van, Fan Club, Joy Ride, Teddy’s Bear Picnic, Last Man Standing and Zombie Apocalypse.

VRFocus will bring you more news on the developments in VR film very soon.

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Crackle’s Free VR Experience Snatch Featuring Rupert Grint now Available on PlayStation VR

Last April VRFocus reported on Sony Pictures Television free, ad-supported streaming network, Crackle renewing original drama Snatch starring Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films. As part of the deal an immersive virtual reality (VR) short was to be made and today it’s now been released for PlayStation VR.

Snatch VR episode

Production on season two of the 10-episode series will kick off this month in Málaga, Spain, with Entourage’s Kevin Connolly directing several episodes on the Costa del Sol, as well as Tom Dey (Failure to Launch, Shanghai Noon) and Luis Pietro (The Oath, Kidnap).

The Snatch VR Heist Experience is a six-minute immersive branching narrative that transports the user into the middle of a safe-cracking diamond heist alongside additional Snatch series stars Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens, Honeytrap) and Phoebe Dynevor (The Village, Dickensian). The 3D stereoscopic experience originally premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival allowing viewers to control the outcome of the heist.

Snatch’s main storyline for season one centered on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive. In this upcoming season, the team is on the lam and what begins as a well-deserved vacation quickly becomes a face off with a local kingpin; fighting to save their fortune, and ultimately their lives.

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In season two Grint returns as the utterly posh, Charlie Cavendish-Scott whilst also serving as an executive producer. In addition, the series stars an ensemble cast featuring Pasqualino as Albert Hill, Laviscount as Billy Ayres, Dougray Scott as Vic Hill, Dynevor as Lotti Mott and Juliet Aubrey as Lily Hill.  The series is executive produced by Alex De Rakoff, who also serves as writer and showrunner, Aaron Ginsburg and William Green.

PlayStation VR owners can download the Snatch VR Heist Experience for free now. For any further updates involving TV VR tie-ins, keep reading VRFocus.

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‘Snatch’ VR Experience Comes to PSVR, Featuring Rupert Grint of ‘Harry Potter’ Fame

To kick off the production of season two of Crackle’s TV series Snatch, Sony has released a “VR heist game experience” on PSVR featuring Rupert Grint, known for his role an Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, and a number of other cast members from the show.

The Snatch VR Heist Experience is a six-minute narrative experience that puts the user into the middle of a safe-cracking diamond heist, blending 360 video with interactive elements. The experience, which debuted at last year’s Venice Film Festival, is now available on PSN for free.

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Grint joins Snatch series stars Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens, Honeytrap) and Phoebe Dynevor (The Village, Dickensian).

The experience was created by Future Lighthouse, a Spain-based studio also known for the patently insane BeefeaterXO VR experience and the stylish, if not looked-over El Ministerio del Tiempo VR.

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Indian Filmmakers Begin to Explore VR

India is one of the biggest emerging markets for tech products, particularly smartphone technology. India also has a thriving creative film industry. It’s therefore not too much of a surprise that some enterprising filmmakers have chosen to combine the two to make India’s first virtual reality (VR) horror short.

The 12-minute short is titled Crackle and the creative team believe it is the first VR short-form horror film to come out of India. Crackle was developed by Eddie Avil and Ashley Rodrigues, who spoke to Hindustan Times about their experience with creating the short film.

Avil and Rodrigues reveal in the interview that they both come from a background of sound engineering and audio production, though they had previously dabbled in creating music videos. After a client asked about immersive marketing, they did some research into VR, which is where the genesis of what eventually become Crackle was born. Avil said: “I believe VR is one of the most radical technologies that have hit our world. It has the power to blur the lines of our reality once it converges with Haptic Technology. The possibilities are endless.”

The story behind Crackle is relatively simple; Five friends at a party decide to hold a séance, and that is where things take a dark and horrific turn, with the viewer right in the middle of the experience. Speaking about the experience filming the VR short, Rodrigues said: “ You have to unlearn all you learned about film making. In regular film making the camera man guides the viewer to show what the director wants them to see. While in a 360 video the viewer decides what they want to see. So it’s tricky to guide the viewer to where the action is and it’s quite possible that you may miss an experience or two when you first watch the film. Each time you watch the film you will get another perspective.”

The release date for Crackle has not yet been confirmed, but the creators are hoping to have the short available on YouTube 360 for viewing on most mobile VR devices, such as Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.

VRFocus will continue to bring you news on the latest VR projects.

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Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint Stars in VR Episode of Snatch

Snatch, an original scripted drama that airs on Sony Pictures Television’s Crackle has been renewed for a second season in 2018. As part of the project – which stars Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films – an immersive 6-minute, 360-degree interactive episode has been made, launching later this year.

Co-produced by Future Lighthouse, the experience transports viewers into London’s high-stakes world of organized crime. The VR episode was shot during four days in Manchester, and each character was filmed on a different day using stereoscopic techniques.

Snatch VR episode

“Rupert, Luke and the rest of the cast have created memorable characters who truly resonated with our viewers, and we look forward to following their adventures in season two of Snatch,” said Eric Berger, Crackle, GM and EVP, Digital, Sony Pictures Television Networks. “Sincere thanks to our production team as well as Snatch’s creator, writer and executive producer Alex De Rakoff for being the creative force behind what is our most successful drama to date.”

“In VR the viewer has a lot of power and controls the outcome.  Our goal is to teleport you alongside Rupert Grint and his thieving friends to make you feel the adrenaline of the heist.  We want the viewers to have agency over where they want this caper to go,” said Nicolas Alcala, Future Lighthouse’s CEO and director of creativity.

Snatch centers on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive.

The VR episode will be available through PlayStation VR this summer. For any further updates on Snatch, keep reading VRFocus.

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Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint Stars in VR Episode of Snatch

Snatch, an original scripted drama that airs on Sony Pictures Television’s Crackle has been renewed for a second season in 2018. As part of the project – which stars Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films – an immersive 6-minute, 360-degree interactive episode has been made, launching later this year.

Co-produced by Future Lighthouse, the experience transports viewers into London’s high-stakes world of organized crime. The VR episode was shot during four days in Manchester, and each character was filmed on a different day using stereoscopic techniques.

Snatch VR episode

“Rupert, Luke and the rest of the cast have created memorable characters who truly resonated with our viewers, and we look forward to following their adventures in season two of Snatch,” said Eric Berger, Crackle, GM and EVP, Digital, Sony Pictures Television Networks. “Sincere thanks to our production team as well as Snatch’s creator, writer and executive producer Alex De Rakoff for being the creative force behind what is our most successful drama to date.”

“In VR the viewer has a lot of power and controls the outcome.  Our goal is to teleport you alongside Rupert Grint and his thieving friends to make you feel the adrenaline of the heist.  We want the viewers to have agency over where they want this caper to go,” said Nicolas Alcala, Future Lighthouse’s CEO and director of creativity.

Snatch centers on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive.

The VR episode will be available through PlayStation VR this summer. For any further updates on Snatch, keep reading VRFocus.