New Media

Beyond Reality

Although early VR contents placed an importance on extending screens up to 360 degrees and re-defining frame by the audience, VR contents have recently begun to remove the restrictive label of "virtual reality" and replaced it with the new "extended reality" nametag. VR contents in 2019 are expanding their territory through "interactive storytelling boosted by the swift development of real-time rendering engines," "location-based content experiences that combine performance and exhibitions," ¡°the evolution of MMO social VR," "fusion with real spaces via AR and MR," and "digital human characters and the conquest of uncanny valley through the development of AI and CG technology." The sacrifices and bold experimentations of numerous artists are leading the development of VR content.
BIFAN¡¯s Beyond Reality allows you to explore the current state of XR contents, which is materializing the potential of unlimited expansion in the realm of reality. Beyond Reality will also present an enormous variety of immersive contents.
Immersive contents, which have expanded swiftly due to the experimentations that are being done with the contents, allow you to experience a new reality beyond reality.

Beyond Reality Screening

VR films from Korea and abroad that are producing positive results at this point in time will be invited and screened. Such works include Emergence, which was invited to the Sundance Festival; recommendations from the Kaohsiung Film Festival, recommend titles from the Sandbox Immersive Festival, a film from ATLAS V, and more.

  • DateJune 28 (Fri) - July 6 (Sat) 14:00 ~ 22:00
  • VenueBucheon Art Bunker B39

Conference

VR is getting prepared to take both a technological and industrial leap. Creators who are currently widening the intersection area of art and technology, and the global film festival programmers, producers, and technicians who are building infrastructure while supporting these creators in different ways, will gather together to share their experiences and vision.

Topics

  • Unity X BIFAN Collaboration Session: creating engine-based contents
  • Global co-production case study: powered by GCA
  • GV on VR contents

Schedule

6. 28(Fri)
6. 28(Fri)
13:00 ~ 14:00
The New Stream of Storytelling: Cinematic VR and Unity
6. 28(Fri)
14:00 ~ 15:00
Another Dream Case Study
6. 28(Fri)
15:00 ~ 17:00
XR @ Venice Film Festival
6. 28(Fri)
17:00 ~ 18:00
Smartphone Orchestra: To be a Smart Performing Audience
6. 28(Fri)
18:00 ~ 19:00
Nine VR : TV Series to Multi-user VR Content
6. 29(Sat)
6. 29(Sat)
13:00 ~ 14:00
Unity Features for High-Quality Graphics Contents Creations
6. 29(Sat)
14:00 ~ 15:00
Gloomy Eyes Case Study
6. 29(Sat)
15:00 ~ 17:00
XR @ SXSW, Sandbox Immersive Festival
6. 29(Sat)
17:00 ~ 18:00
Afterimage for Tomorrow: VR and Performance
6. 29(Sat)
18:00 ~ 19:00
Home After War : How to Experience VR Documentary
6. 30(Sun)
6. 30(Sun)
13:00 ~ 14:00
The Future of Storytelling - Unity for Film Roadmap
6. 30(Sun)
14:00 ~ 15:00
Unity Animation Project Sherman
6. 30(Sun)
15:00 ~ 17:00
XR @ Sundance FF, Kaohsiung Film Festival and GIFF
7. 1(Mon)
7. 1(Mon)
14:00 ~ 16:00
VR Cinema: Production Environment & Vision
7. 1(Mon)
17:00 ~ 20:00
VR Cinema: Production Environment & Vision
7. 2(Tue)
7. 2(Tue)
16:00 ~ 17:00
Anatomy of an End-to-End Animation Pipeline
7. 2(Tue)
17:00 ~ 18:00
Case Study: Banana ChaCha Music Video with Pororo X Momo Land

Beyond Reality Exhibition Guide

If you are a true movie lover living in 2019, you won¡¯t want to miss our VR films! Do you want to see more than 40 VR films, with proven recommendations from Atlas V, Kaohsiung and Sandbox, including domestic and overseas VR invitations? Then come on! Where to? To B39! A garbage incinerator, which has turned itself into the Re-mix Culture Playground!

How to enjoy VR Films

Step 1. Check the screening program on our web pages.
Step 2. Get a Daily Pass at the lobby, Bucheon Art Bunker, B39
Step 3. Listen carefully to all comments and guides from staff.
Step 4. Enjoy VR films to the fullest!

Precautions

You can enjoy all the VR screening programs, conferences and parties for a single day only with a daily pass. Daily Passes are sold on a daily basis and screening reservations have a first come, first served policy. There may be delays between screenings and therefore it might not be possible to watch all VR films in one day.
In order to show films in their best quality, Korean subtitles will not be provided.
Let¡¯s get into the world of VR! Language doesn¡¯t matter!

* We will hold various VR conferences from Jun 28 (Fri) ~ Jul 2 (Tue) as well.
You can meet VR artists from all over the world, whilst experiencing the cutting
edge of art and technology fused into one! All with just a daily pass!

  • DateJune 28 (Fri) ~ July 6 (Sat), 14:00 ~ 22:00
  • VenueBucheon Art Bunker, B39
  • Ticket PriceKRW 20,000 Daily Pass