We can’t wait to hear from world-class speakers at #ASFF2024 Aesthetica 2024 welcomes industry experts from organisations including Ridley Scott Associates, Framestore & Film4. Join us this week for the 14th edition of the BAFTA-Qualifying festival: asff.co.uk

In the lead up to the 2024 AestheticaFilmFest and our role running the VR lab, we revisit a roundtable with four VR creatives at last year's festival. Find out about their different paths to VR, and their advice for anyone looking to make VR experiences 👉 bit.ly/4ejcOe6

And we're off! If you're at this week's AestheticaFilmFest come and step into another world (and meet the XR Stories team!) at the VR and Immersive Experiences Lab in the York Hospitium!

What is Artizen? Why is Artizen?? Listen to the full 3-act originstory of Artizen by René himself 🌠

#ASFF2024 | Today is your last chance to experience our #Games and #VR Labs! 🎮 Experience the joy of interactive storytelling. Play rewarding indie video games, or learn something new via a Virtual Reality headset. 09:30-19:30 at The Hospitium: asff.co.uk

When the sun shines, make hay. Only getting a few hours of sleep, sorry Bryan Johnson, but just too much to do. Artizen has a blindingly bright future.

Men will literally spend 439 hours working on a weird art project to avoid going to therapy.

Dramatic reading of my mini-memoir, OBSESSED.

Anyone ever felt they’re swimming against the current following your passion— you gotta listen this!! René mini-memoir: his journey through film industry, startups, techworld, XR … & arriving at Artizen

My 17-year quest to build Artizen into an overnight success. 🔥 Dreams of funding art 1:18 🎬 Selling TV pilots 4:34 🌪️ Hurricane parties 11:20 💔 Love, loss & life in prison 22:04 💰 Virtual fortunes 27:12 💥 Bankrupt 35:19 🚀 Escape velocity 39:14 Full story below ↓

I've now posted all 25 episodes of my Voices of VR podcast series from @IDFA IDFA DocLab featuring 19+ hours of coverage on the latest immersive non-fiction & digital storytelling experiences. Link in comments:

I am a hurricane.

The art of curation is messy. We’ve spent 8 years experimenting, failing, and learning. Now we’re 24 hours out from curating Season 5 of Artizen. 2M+ votes. Hundreds of projects. This is the moment. 🗳️ Go vote. Your voice matters. 👇Essay and links below.

Another great resource shared by René — real bolts & knots of curation & community ran platform; invaluable. “The art of curation is messy. We’ve spent 8 years experimenting, failing, and learning.” Read essay ⬇️