Convergence

J'aimee: Convergence 4 held in Event Cinema's Flagship George Street HQ provided us with the opportunity to curate and exhibit Virtual Reality via 4 different HMD's - Oculus, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear and Razer as well as Microsoft's Hololens.

As well as presenting a great slate of Australian VR and MR Premieres, as the curator for and Director of the Byron Bay International Film Festival I brought together several sessions of outstanding tech related short films from across the world. Finding films with a non-dystopian outlook was a bit of a challenge but it was a sci-fi selection I was particularly proud of, my first foray into programming a whole festival in the genre... My personal favourite was a touching short film Beautiful Dreamer which asked us to examine the conflicts which tech-driven medical breakthroughs may bring...

Beautiful Dreamer Trailer from The Colonyon Vimeo.

My partnership with BBFF's Technical Director Osvaldo Alfaro/GreenhouseFX 3D|VR made this all possible.  Together with some fantastic volunteers from a selection of Sydney's Uni's we, at one stage, had over 30 stations running simultaneously - delivering world class content including the Australian Premieres of Kate McDonald's Hue, Melissa Painter's Heroes: A Duet in Mixed Reality, The Giant, The Melody of Dust  and Ethan Shaftel's Extravaganza.Take moment to check out some imagery and trailers for the films and experiences we shared...