The Melbourne International Film Festival will further embrace extended reality in its 70th anniversary year, announcing an XR Commission for next year's event.
Tourism company Southern Discoveries will be able to showcase their product to tourists from around the globe via an immersive 360° Virtual Reality video.
Producer Leo Faber and mixed-media artist Shaun Gladwell have founded Badfaith, a new VR collective with members based out of Australia, London and Los Angeles.
Wallworth and 'Collisions' producer Nicole Newnham have spent the last twelve months touring the work, during which they engaged with several communities about the possibilities of VR to transport viewers into their world.
Start VR is currently seeking expressions of interest for the second round of its virtual reality artist residency program.
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) may have been unable to return to city cinemas this year, but the conditions proved ideal for other elements of the event.
Start Beyond co-founder and COO Nathan Anderson has spun out the company's entertainment division into independent venture New Canvas.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) continues its push into VR, with new commissions 'Ghost, Toast and the Things Unsaid' and 'Into the Prehistoric Aquarium' joining previous VR project 'Stuck in the Middle With You.'