Virtual Reality Bytes
Screendaily | 2015/06/25
“The next two to three years will see the creation of an ecosystem for VR content to be distributed, bought and consumed by viewers.”
Jurassic Park in VR
Endgadget | 2015/06/12
“I visited Jurassic Park in VR and tried to pet a dino.”
The 7 Best Things I Learned at the Jurassic World Press Junket
GeekTyrant| 2015/06/09
“Created by Felix & Paul Studios in under a month, the experience allows viewers to come face to face with a huge apatosaurus in a clearing in Muir Woods, the same location used as Endor in Return of the Jedi. ILM created the apatosaurus and a pteranodon that flies overhead, and I have to say, it was a pretty spectacular introduction to the world of VR and what’s going to be possible as this technology continues to improve and become mainstream over the next few years.”
A Film Studio for the Age of Virtual Reality
MIT Technology Review | 2015/02/13
“A Montreal-based film studio is making movies that you’ll watch with a virtual-reality headset, pointing the way to a whole new form of entertainment.”
Virtual Reality ‘Wild’ Trek, With Reese Witherspoon
The New York Times | 2014/12/04
“As for Ms. Witherspoon, she first viewed her performance through Samsung goggles last week, and was duly impressed. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said in a telephone interview. “It was very emotional for me.”
Virtual Reality Storytelling Is Trending in Hollywood: Felix + Paul Studios Latest to Jump on Bandwagon
The Wrap | 2014/10/28
“Forget about cinema and the language of cinema. It’s a totally new medium. There are elements of traditional filmmaking that integrate into VR but as a filmmaker, you have to start from scratch. […] You can’t treat the viewer like a viewer. You have to intensify the emotional experience because they have an enhanced sense of awareness […].” – Félix Lajeunesse on virtual reality and cinema.
Virtual reality movies are coming
CNN Money | 2014/10/23
“It gives you this really powerful and emotional experience of being present,” Felix Lajeunesse of Felix and Paul Studios, which makes VR content. “It’s going to grow at exponential speed,” he added. “It’s just too interesting and extraordinary an experience for it to fail.”
Bart & Fleming: Are Studios Driving The Lazy Road Paved By Detroit Automakers?
Deadline | 2014/09/21
“Why leave it for a director to determine the frame you see, when you can make that decision yourself? I don’t exactly know what this means, but I can tell you for me, it was that caveman-looking-at-fire moment.” Mike Fleming Jr having just lived the Samsung Gear VR Introduction to VR experience created, directed and produced by Felix & Paul Studios.
The 10 Must-See Sundance Films For Art Lovers
Huffington Post | 2015/01/13
“This year’s pickings with gather together everyone from music video director Chris Milk to fine artist Doug Aitken to virtual reality visionaries Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël. “The film lineup completely eschews any notion of theme, style or category, unless the category is incredible diversity,” said Frilot. “The sheer geographic diversity, and the diversity of the filmmakers themselves, is matched only by the diverse and eclectic visions of their films in the line up.”
VR Films Are Going to Be All Over Sundance in 2015
WIRED | 2014/12/04
“Artists Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël will also be showing a series of live-action experiences, including one that lets users sit in the room while a pianist works on music. [Ed.—They brought this to SXSW last year, and it remains one of the most surprisingly intimate experiences we’ve seen on the Rift.]”
