Project Detail

Emergence

Synopsis

EMERGENCE is an open-world environment, expressing the primal desire to maintain your individual identity whilst being part of a crowd.
Showing 5000+ intelligent human behaviours, Emergence offers a powerful, unique experience of a crowd that is only possible with the latest graphics technology.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontier Exhibitions - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
Open world
Format
Virtual Reality
Director
Matt Pyke
Sound
Simon Pyke
Developer
Chris Mullany

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

A Universal Everything project presented in collaboration with Within

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