Are you VReady for the future?

Under the slogan of <VReady?>, a wide variety of works from student projects with snappy ideas to commercial / artistic works with high degree of completion competed at 2018 NCM VR OPEN CALL. Along with familiar genres of VR projects such as movies and games, daring challenges to combine VR with modern dance and theatre conspicuously stand out.

With discrete review by expert judges from concerned industry, four honorees were selected among 117 VR(Virtual Reality)/AR(Augmented Reality)/MR(Mixed Reality) entries from 27 countries.

桑田碧海(Sang-Jeon-Byeok-Hae) Prize

Title : Fire Escape: An Interactive VR Series | Team : iNK Stories | Google Daydream

Sang-Jeon-Byuk-Hae Prize went to an interactive thriller <Fire Escape: An Interactive VR Series> by iNK Stories from USA. Presenting skillful virtual realization with aesthetic elements, <Fire Escape> has experimental storytelling technique associated with the movie <Rear Window> by Alfred Hitchcock.

無我之境(Mu-Ah-Ji-Kyung) Prize

Title : DUST | Team : Mária Júdová and Andrej Boleslavský | HTC Vive

Mu-Ah-Ji-Kyung Prize went to an immersive MR modern dance project <DUST> by Mária Júdová and Andrej Boleslavský from Slovakia. Cooperation between modern dance and VR technology provides different perspective to experience art that leads the audience to strengthened bond with the dancer.

物我一體(Mul-Ah-Il-Che) Prize

Title : The Specters Of 1948 | Team : TOPOS | VR CINEMA, HMD

Mul-Ah-Il-Che Prize went to a 360 video clip <The Specters Of 1948> by Topos from Korea. It records a tragedy of modern Korean history, Jeju 4.3 Incident, with live testimony of the survivors while trying original interpretation that transcends the boundaries of space and time by presenting ancient Greek theatre <Antigone>.

胡蝶之夢(Ho-Jeob-Ji-Mong) Prize

Title : DreamTherapy | Team : JJ | Oculus Rift

Ho-Jeob-Ji-Mong Prize went to an interactive VR project <DreamTherapy> by JJ from Korea. Audiences are provided with dreamlike experience and delicate visual amusement in VR environment.

While 117 entries with excellence challenged for 2018 NCM OPEN CALL. there were projects that could not be nominated much to our regret. <Waterpark Escape>, a single-person project developed by a high school student in Jeju, was well received for its fresh idea and detailed game design. <Where the wild things are> by Team Carol was favorably regarded with its original art design.

<Waterpark Escape>

<Where the wild things are>

<NCM OPEN CALL>> is opened up to support potential creators. We welcome emergent imagination with artistic and innovative interpretation of VR technology as medium. We look forward to meet challenge-mounting artists at 2019 NCM OPEN CALL.