There’s still room for plenty of shared cinematic experiences while wearing a virtual reality headset, says Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) artistic director Cameron Bailey. “We don’t know where this is going any more than anyone else does,” he said of TIFF including a VR film program for the first time at this year’s festival. “We all just want to explore together.”The three-day program will show VR shorts from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on TIFF’s final weekend, Sept. 16-18. Meanwhile, North America’s first VR cinema, Vivid VR, will screen 45-minute programs of three shorts (including a how-to-view tutorial) from July 16 to Aug. 12 at its pop-up inside Milk Glass Co. gallery and event space on Dundas St. W.“It’s only the beginning of VR programming in Toronto,” said Vivid VR’s Gary Tam. Festivals including Hot Docs, Sundance, Cannes and SXSW have already included virtual reality.

Source: thestar July 01, 2016 10:02 UTC