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• gmuir77 commented on What's The Future For Virtual Reality Movies?
  Watch the Matrix again. The first one. The scenes are hand-crafted. Much of the effects were practical. You felt like you were in the story. Fast cuts and close action, that's lazy. I can't wait for movies to get good again....
• paws4thot commented on What's The Future For Virtual Reality Movies?
  "Watch 'The Matrix' again"? Must I? I sort of agree your point, but so much of it now seems like Gnosticism, or effects that Hong Kong cinema had been doing for years......
• hugo.fisher commented on What's The Future For Virtual Reality Movies?
  I tend to think that VR won't succeed in the home market for anything but games unless - big unless - we get some kind of technological breakthrough in holograms or direct laser projection onto the retina. 3D movies work because we're accustomed to sitting in a dark room and not moving. It's a deliberately passive experience. 3D gaming and simulation works because the people wearing the headsets are actively involved. You're not a passive spectator, and there's more payoff for putting on the encumbering (and dorky) headset. But games are not telling a story - there may be a...
• Anthony John Bailey commented on What's The Future For Virtual Reality Movies?
  I think promenade theatre (action around a obliging and mostly passive audience) is an obvious model to work from. I do think you have to remember that although some viewers will want to have value-added fun "breaking" the intended narrative, looking behind the virtual scenes, etc. that for the most part you can assume the complicity of your audience. We want to be entertained. Cue us and we will try to play along. Hugh, I unearthed an ancient (previous millenium) article where I wrote a bit about this kind of thing....
• Alexx Kay commented on What's The Future For Virtual Reality Movies?
  "Sleep No More" originally ran in Boston, a coproduction of Punchdrunk, an experimental London group and the ART. After a hugely successful Boston run (which I saw several times), it moved to NYC, where it seems to have become a fixture. They run 9 shows a week. I presume they must have a significant number of understudies, if not two full casts (or more!), as the show is hugely physical for all the performers. I can't recommend it highly enough. Order tickets well in advance, as sell-outs were quite regular last time I checked....