'Queerskins: ARK' Premieres at Venice

This week marks the premiere of ‘Queerskins: ARK’ at the Venice Film Festival’s VR Expanded program! Reprising the creative process to contribute to this rich, kinetic installment of Queerskins with Illya and Cyril has been an honor. Along the way, we have layered objects, atmosphere, and 360° stereoscopic capture devices to create Mary-Helen’s attic. We have captured the textural elements of a beach at sunrise using aerial and 360° photography to create a small slice of virtual heaven. We navigated the relationships between visitors and dancers inside Intel Studios’ 10,000-square-foot capture stage. We have journeyed into the unknown, and while Queerkins: ARK premiers amid a pandemic, we are still finding ways to connect through shared virtual experiences.

‘Queerskins: ARK’ is available for free on Viveport until September 12: https://www.viveport.com/bcbd1d54-ac06-4b2e-a393-3851e6173440
(Tethered headset required)

The interactive virtual installation is available in VR or on desktop via VRChat: https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldId=wrld_c114d0e3-57c4-49b5-a04f-3a5c95f91c66

'Queerskins: a love story' Available on the Oculus Store

In 2017, Illya Szilak and Cyril Tsiboulski set out to immerse their audience in an emotionally-charged conversation between grieving parents on a journey through the rural Missouri landscape. Three years and a Peabody Award later, ‘Queerskins: a love story’ remains one of the most realistic, tactile, and visceral XR films out there.

Milkman Media designed and a system for capturing high-resolution volumetric recordings which would seamlessly integrate with the computer-generated and 360° video elements that composed the overall experience without the need for relighting in post production. The result was a uniquely beautiful

Available now on the Oculus Store for Rift / Rift S + Touch