National Film Board of CANADA Archives

Honoring History Through Immersive Technology in ‘The Book of Distance’

18 June 2020 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Virtual Reality

Blending family archives and VR technology, “The Book of Distance” takes audiences through one man’s journey using spectacular storytelling.

Canada, Documentary, history, Immersive Pavilion, immersive technology, Japan, National Film Board of CANADA, Oculus Rift, Photography, SIGGRAPH 2020, storytelling, Unity, Virtual Reality, VR

Up Close with SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village Contributors

12 August 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Virtual Reality

image: Cardboard Car Crash, Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of Canada We had an opportunity to connect with these contributors to the new VR Village at SIGGRAPH 2015: Vincent McCurley, National Film Board of...

AATOAA studio, and Ben Tan, Artanim, BioLucid, Caecilia Charbonnier, Dassault Systèmes, David Nahon, Digital Arts Network, Epic Games, Eric Janszen, Fin Design + Effects, Jeff Hazelton, National Film Board of CANADA, Nick Whiting, SIGGRAPH 2015, Stuart White, Sylvain Chagué, Vincent McCurley, Vincent Morisset, Virtual Reality, VirZOOM, VR Village

The VR Village at SIGGRAPH 2015

5 August 2015 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAugmented Reality, Conferences, Gaming, Interactive Techniques, Simulation, Virtual Reality

Image credit: Earth Encounter - Brandon Laatsch,Stress Level Zero and Miles Perkins, Jaunt Inc. The VR Village is a new program being introduced at SIGGRAPH 2015, co-chaired by myself and Denise Quesnel from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Our goal is to...

Elumenati, EyeVapor, fulldome, IMERSA, Immersive Techniques, Jena FullDome Festival, National Film Board of CANADA, NaturalPoint, Navitar, NextGen Interactions, Pacific Domes, planetariums, SAT, SIGGRAPH 2015, SVVR, UploadVR, Vicon Motion Systems, Virtual Reality, visualization environments, Vortex Immersion Media, VR Village, VRLA

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