Real VR - Fake VR is a 360° film experience that transports the viewer to a vast digital environment, moving slowly through a dazzling array of fluorescent geometry. All scale is lost as we pass towering structures and the far away metropolis landscape whilst the ambient soundtrack emphasises the sense of meditative timelessness. 

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Real VR - Fake VR is also the process by which this film has been made as everything is real, made by hand and with minimal software. The Tron-esque scene is fabricated from electrical tape, post-it notes and cardboard, the effect achieved with UV lamps and a 360° camera pulled by skateboard and fishing wire. 

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This project bypasses technical limitations of VR software, placing an emphasis on iterative and playful experimentation where the process film is equally important as the final outcome. Bringing lo-tech materiality into a high tech format, the imperfections, happy accidents and visible maker's mark help to create a believable virtual experience.

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