Legal Disclaimer

LEGAL DISCLAIMER:
The FIVARS Festival is for all ages over 13, though some demos may not accommodate minors. Tickets are non-refundable. FIVARS attendance does not guarantee access to any particular demo, but rather the event as a whole.

By attending FIVARS (aka “Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories,”) at Toronto Media Arts Centre at 32 Lisgar St., Toronto, Ontario (“the Location”) on September 13th through 15th, 2019, you release FIVARS, the Location, all of the event’s organizers, volunteers, employees, exhibitors, vendors and contractors from any and all liability – financial or otherwise – that may arise from my attendance at the above mentioned event. You are hereby aware that some people experience nausea, disorientation, motion sickness, general discomfort, headaches or other health issues when experiencing virtual reality.

Your entry signals your agreement to take full responsibility for these or any other consequences that may arise from attendance at FIVARS Festival. Be aware that some content being exhibited is in an unfinished, prototype state, and may heighten the above sensations. Demo experiences are explicitly not intended for users under 13 years of age, and your entry signals your agreement to take full responsibility for any use of virtual reality or any other technologies exhibited at FIVARS by any minors in your care. By remaining on the premises you agree you will not pursue legal action against FIVARS, the Location, any of the event’s organizers, volunteers, employees, exhibitors, vendors, or contractors for any damages – real or perceived – arising from attendance at FIVARS. If you do not wish to be subject to the foregoing, please do not attend FIVARS.

Your attendance signals your irrevocable consent to, and authorization without compensation for FIVARS, its successors, assigns, contractors and other film crews permitted by the FIVARS to film at FIVARS Festival, to use your likeness, voice, and to make video and audio recordings of your attendance at FIVARS. You are hereby aware of such recording, and relinquish your rights to any compensation for any release of these recordings in any media now extant or to be devised in the future. If you do not wish to be subject to the foregoing, please do not attend FIVARS Festival.