FIVARS spoke with Simeone Scaramozzino, visionary creator of “Totems of Hope.” What lead to the creation of this piece? Totems of Hope arose from a longing to mend the silent […]
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FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Virtual Nekuomanteia
"Virtual Nekuomanteia" will be featured at the in-person event at OCAD University on June 25th and 26th.
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Mary Shelley Lives Here
FIVARS spoke with the director of live virtual performance “Mary Shelley Lives Here,” Jedidjah Julia Noomen. What lead to the creation of this piece? I’d always wanted to do something […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Tadpole
In this Spotlight story from FIVARS 2025, FIVARS talks to director Diane Catsburrow Linnet about her animated spherical film “Tadpole.” What lead to the creation of this piece? Tadpole started […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Fading Voices
FIVARS interviewed the director of XR experience “Fading Voices:” Samantha Vargas. What lead to the creation of this piece? I wanted to show in an artistic way the consequences of […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on “OPIR*withShuShu*”
What lead to the creation of this piece? The roots of this project are the confrontation for my family and me with the fullscale invasion in Ukraine. In the stadium […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Coded Black (PC Game and 360 Video)
Maisha Wester and Human Studio share how Coded Black emerged from campus racism, evolving into a PC game prototype and a global 360° film.
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Vivaldi 3.0. “The Immersive Universe of Four Seasons”
FIVARS is proud to present Vivaldi 3.0. “The Immersive Universe of Four Seasons." We sit down with Director Carlos J. Ochoa Fernandez to discuss the creation of this award-winning piece.
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Colored Cubes
FIVARS speaks with fulldome filmmaker Marek Slipek about his beautiful film Colored Cubes What lead to the creation of this piece? A collaboration with the Planetarium Mannheim in Germany led […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on Machine Visions: Mojave
The FIVARS team speaks with director Steve F. Anderson about his spectacular dome film “Machine Visions: Mojave.” What led to the creation of this piece? A few years ago, I […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on “Uncanny Alley: A New Day”
“Uncanny Alley: A New Day” is a live VR performance that blurs the line between theatre and simulation. Strange, funny, and eerily familiar, it invites you into a world where […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on “GONE”
Director Andrea Cooper’s GONE is a meditative VR experience shaped by the quiet grief of aging, the disorientation of the pandemic, and the deep time of a changing planet—a myth […]
FIVARS 2025 Spotlight on “Chongqing Hyperdream”
FIVARS sits down with director Ao Huang What lead to the creation of this piece? Chongqing is my hometown and one of the most populous cities in the world. Its […]
FIVARS 2024 Spotlight on ‘BETWEEN’
FIVARS sits down with director Howool Baek to go in-depth on the creation of BETWEEN.
FIVARS 2024 Spotlight on Shadow Mend
FIVARS celebrates immersive experimentation, as shown in "Shadow Mend," a personal VR project blending memory, metaphor, and storytelling, showcased at FIVARS 2024. We speak with Christine Ingaldson, the new VR…