VR Theater Kiosks

New this year! Eliminate wait time for the VR Theater Kiosks and Immersive Pavilion Arcade! As a pilot at SIGGRAPH 2019, these Experience Hall venues will allow participants to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis. Show up early to sign up for the waitlist, then explore the rest of South Hall K while you wait your turn. When your time comes, our system will text you. If you fail to show up within 10 minutes of receiving a text, we will move on to the next person on our list.

VR Theater: VR Theater
Event TypeVR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20191:15pm - 2:30pm
LocationSouth Hall J
Description**Reminder: Sunday screenings are for Full Conference Platinum ONLY.**


Welcome to the SIGGRAPH 2019 VR Theater! Pick up a ticket so you can move beyond the flat screen as we celebrate the evolution of a new medium and showcase the best in VR short-form narratives. YOU MUST HAVE A TICKET TO ATTEND A SCREENING. Visit Registration (South Lobby) today to secure a ticket for a Monday screening time.


FILMS IN THIS SCREENING:

"Doctor Who: The Runaway"

"Kaiju Confidential"

"Bonfire"

"A Kite's Tale"

"2nd Step"
VR Theater
: Doctor Who: The Runaway
Project Title Doctor Who:The Runaway
Lead Creator Mathias Chelebourg
Studio/Organization Affiliation(s) BBC VR Hub, BBC Doctor Who, Passion Animation Studios
Synopsis Step inside the TARDIS with the Doctor in this beautiful, animated, interactive story from the “Doctor Who” team. You’ve been in a collision. You wake inside the TARDIS. The Doctor introduces you to the person, or thing, you collided with. He’s a strange and magnificent ball of living energy called Volta. Part surly teenager, part bomb, Volta is very unstable. In fact, he’s primed to explode. Big time. Unless he can be returned to his home planet, sharpish. The problem is, a squad of galactic busybodies has other plans for Volta. Bad ones. Drawn into a frantic chase, you become the Doctor’s unlikely assistant as she races against time to get Volta home to his parents. Armed with a sonic screwdriver, it is down to you to help the Doctor as she faces the forces of evil, and teenage angst, in this animated, 13-minute VR adventure from the team behind “Doctor Who” Series 11.
Country(s) of Origin United Kingdom, France
SessionVR Theater
Creators
Mathias Chelebourg
Victoria Asare Archer
Zillah Watson
Katie Grayson
Event Type
VR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20191:15pm - 1:30pm
LocationSouth Hall J
DescriptionYou’ve been in a collision. You wake inside the TARDIS.
The Doctor introduces you to the thing you collided with. He’s a strange ball of sentient energy called Volta. Volta is very unstable. In fact, he’s primed to explode. Unless he can be returned to his home galaxy.
Creators
Mathias Chelebourg
Director
Passion Animation Studios
Victoria Asare Archer
Writer
BBC
Zillah Watson
Commissioning Editor VR
BBC VR Hub
Katie Grayson
Producer
Passion Animation Studios
VR Theater
: Kaiju Confidential
Project Title Kaiju Confidential
Lead Creator Ethan Shaftel
Studio/Organization Affiliation(s) easyAction, ShadowMachine
Synopsis A comedy about big creatures and small slights. Grigon (Blake Anderson) may not be the toughest beast on the block, but he's certainly the most neurotic. When he discovers the legendary Mega-Hydra (Paul F. Tompkins) rampaging on his turf, it becomes a stand-off of passive-aggressive proportions.
Country(s) of Origin United States
SessionVR Theater
Creators
Ethan Shaftel
Tom O'Donnell
Corey Campodonico
Event Type
VR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20191:30pm - 1:45pm
LocationSouth Hall J
DescriptionA comedy about big creatures and small slights. Grigon (Blake Anderson) may not be the toughest beast on the block, but he's certainly the most neurotic. When he discovers the legendary Mega-Hydra (Paul F. Tompkins) rampaging on his turf, it becomes a stand-off of passive-aggressive proportions.
Creators
Ethan Shaftel
Director
easyAction
Tom O'Donnell
Writer
ShadowMachine
Corey Campodonico
Executive Producer
ShadowMachine
VR Theater
: Bonfire
Project Title Bonfire
Lead Creator Larry Cutler, Wei Wang
Studio/Organization Affiliation(s) Baobab Studios
Synopsis You’ve just crashed your spaceship on a strange planet. Your only tools for survival are a fading bonfire, a surly robot, and a limited supply of nourishment cylinders. And, what's that sneaking around out there in the dark alien jungle?
Country(s) of Origin United States
SessionVR Theater
Creators
Larry Cutler
Michael Hutchinson
Nathaniel Dirksen
Eric Darnell
Wei Wang
Mike Solovykh
Justin Fischer
Event Type
VR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20191:45pm - 2pm
LocationSouth Hall J
DescriptionNice job. You’ve crashed your spaceship into an alien jungle. Your instincts, nourishment, cylinders, and a wary robot sidekick are all you have for survival… or so you think.
Creators
Larry Cutler
Producer
Baobab Studios
Michael Hutchinson
VFX Supervisor
Baobab Studios
Nathaniel Dirksen
Digital Supervisor
Baobab Studios
Eric Darnell
Director
Baobab Studios
Wei Wang
Lead Engineer
Baobab Studios
Mike Solovykh
Lead Engineer
Baobab Studios
Justin Fischer
Lead Rigger
Baobab Studios
VR Theater
: a kite's tale
Project Title a kite's tale
Lead Creator Bruce Wright
Studio/Organization Affiliation(s) Walt Disney Animation Studios
Synopsis Walt Disney Animation Studios presents "A Kite's Tale," an experimental animated short combining classic hand-drawn animation with virtual reality. A kite with the spirit of a playful puppy tangles with a pompous dragon-kite in a short that brings the audience into a breathtaking world.
Country(s) of Origin United States
SessionVR Theater
Creator
Bruce Wright
Event Type
VR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20192pm - 2:15pm
LocationSouth Hall J
DescriptionWalt Disney Animation Studios presents "a kite's tale," an experimental animated short combining classic hand-drawn animation with virtual reality. A kite with the spirit of a playful puppy tangles with a pompous dragon-kite in a short which brings the audience into a breathtaking world.
Creator
Bruce Wright
Director
Walt Disney Animation Studios
VR Theater
: 2nd Step
Project Title 2nd Step
Lead Creator Joerg Courtial
Studio/Organization Affiliation(s) Faber Courtial
Synopsis “2nd Step" is a soaring VR journey through space — accentuated with the beautiful music of Debussy and Ravel — in which the viewer gets an intense feeling of being in the middle of alien worlds while visiting some of the most thrilling settings of current and future space missions.
Country(s) of Origin Germany
SessionVR Theater
Creators
Joerg Courtial
Maria Courtial
Event Type
VR Theater
Photography and Recording Policies
P/V No
Interest Areas
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Primary Interest Areas
Production & Animation
Registration Levels
FP
TimeSunday, 28 July 20192:15pm - 2:30pm
LocationSouth Hall J
Description“2nd Step" is a soaring VR journey through space - accentuated with the beautiful music of Debussy and Ravel - in which the viewer gets an intense feeling of being in the middle of alien worlds while visiting some of the most thrilling settings of current and future space missions.
Creators
Joerg Courtial
director
Faber Courtial
Maria Courtial
Producer
Faber Courtial