2024 RAINDANCE IMMERSIVE SUMMIT
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, 19 June between 10:00 - 17:00 BST
LOCATION: Wonderville, 57-60 Haymarket, St. James's, London
For the ninth year, Raindance is celebrating independent XR talent with the festival’s immersive programme. From storytelling in VRChat to filmmaking and game development for the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3, this year's Summit features talks and panel discussions by leading XR creators, filmmakers and game developers from the UK and around the world.
SCHEDULE
9:30: Registrations Open
9:45: Doors Open
10:00: START
2024 RAINDANCE IMMERSIVE OPENING KEYNOTE
10:00: Opening keynote by Raindance Immersive Curators
THE NEXT FRONTIER IN STORYTELLING
Screenings of short films made in VRChat with Curator, Joe Hunting:
10:40: A Conversation Between Two People That Don't Matter
10:50: Where Withered Flowers Grow
11:20: Monotone
11:30: Evergarden: Behind the Magic
Screenings of music videos made in VRChat with Curator, Joe Hunting:
12:00: National Anthem, Carpe Diem, I Still Love You, Like Crazy
12:20: Interviews with VRChat Filmmakers and Music Video Creators
13:00: LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
CRAFTING FEMALE NARRATIVES IN VR
14:00: Crafting Female Narratives - a Panel with the Creators of Narratives in competition Heartbeat (Dee Harvey and Johanna Courtney), The Elephant I Found Under My Skin (Shaool Levy), Girl, Lamp, Radio (Minhyuk Che), Fly To You (Youngyun Song); moderated by Curator, Joanna Leigh
THE NEXT FRONTIER IN SPATIAL COMPUTING
15:00: Dive into Parkour: Directing an Apple Original Immersive Film for Vision Pro, a talk by Director, Charlotte Mikkelborg
15:30: BREAK
15:45: Remixing Reality: Developing Spatial Games for Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 - a Panel with the Developers of Wisp World, Jasper Stevens and Laser Dance, Thomas Van Bouwel
17:00 CLOSING WORDS
XR SHOWCASE
During the Summit we will run an XR showcase of the four nominated narratives and two nominated spatial games at the Mezzanine:
10:00-13:00 - The Elephant I Found Under My Skin, Fly To You , Heartbeat
13:00-15:00 - Girl, Lamp, Radio
15:00-17:00 - Laser Dance
15:45-17:00 - Wisp World demo on stage