KRK INTERACTIVE - VR – REALITY 2.0 WHATS NEXT?
04.06.2016, 12.00 – 14.30

MOS 2 (access with passes: INDUSTRY, MEDIA, MARKET)

Section dedicated to audiovisual storytelling in the age of digital technology. The aim of the event is to show a wide range of phenomena in the area of interactive documents (i docs, web docs, VR projects etc.). Within the program, there will be a presentation of 2 interactive projects, followed by meetings with audience.

Curator: Miriam Ryndova, Institute of Documentary Film (Czech Republic)

12.00 – 13.00 ‘SURVIVING STORM’ – PROJECT PRESENTATION
‘Storm’ began as an experiment in virtual reality user design. We wanted to make something that doesn’t live clearly in either the film or the game world, but somewhere in between. From the moment players put on their VR headset, they’re immersed in a blinding snowstorm. In order to get to shelter, they must solve puzzles throughout the environment so they don’t freeze to death. They have fifteen minutes, and with every passing second, their bodies get colder and move more slowly. Storm explores how Virtual Reality can feel like a powerful, visceral experience that lets users play an important role. Storm is very much short like a film, but one that viewers can be a part of. We wanted it to feel so real, that a player would actually feel cold playing it.
Presented by: Jakub Jakubowski, Jakub Brzózka

JAKUB JAKUBOWSKI, Unit9 (Poland)
Since kindergarden Jakub has been playing games and making up crazy stories. Not much has changed except now he decided to put his talents and knowledge to good use. Holding a Master’s degree in Computer Graphics in one hand and a gamepad in the other he took on the responsibilities of a creative technologist and makes his ideas
come to life. He enjoys exploring creative solutions in interactive storytelling and pushing the limits of virtual reality

JAKUB BRZÓZKA, Unit9 (Poland)
Joins UNIT9 In August 2014, Jakub is a Member of The Polish PR Association (PSPR) and Co founder of UNIT9 VR Challenge, Poland’s first VR Festival. With 10 years of experience Jakub has been working with numerous interactive, marketing and event /sport agencies on various web /TV projects for leading brands. Privately loving husband and father of two. Space invader, time explorer. David Cronenberg’s number one fan.

13.15 – 14.30 PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF VR: WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY’S ROLE IN THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS?
Bold predictions of what is to come in the future of human brain to brain interaction as a result of the coming media epoch that is virtual reality. Human neuronal structure has changed because of the Internet, VR and AR/MR will also cause changes. The exponential ephemeralization of technology is the ability to be able to do more with less until we can eventually do everything with nothing. Is VR the early stages of us creating a language for direct brain to brain neuronal communication? We can awaken our empathy further than ever before with the power of VR; perhaps we’ll be going a step further sooner than we thought.
Presented by: Carl Guyenette

CARL GUYENETTE (UK)
A philosophising futurist, computer scientist and creative technologist. Created VR experiences that have received Sundance Official Selection and been exhibited at Cannes. Previously worked for Google and created visual effects for Harry Potter, X Men and The Dark Knight Rises. Currently creating VR experiences for humanitarian

RK INTERACTIVE SHOWROOM
30.05 - 4.06.2016, 10.00 - 19.00
MOS/Arteteka, III Floor, admission free

5 other interactive documentaries are free to experience in our media library. Selected projets are:
The Deeper They Bury Me
Welcome to Pine Point
Do Not Track
Dada Data
Rebuilding Haiti