This year, SIGGRAPH hosted the VR Village, a new venue dreamt up by Ed Lantz, which featured, as one might suspect, a sampling of current virtual reality projects. What set this apart from many other VR smorgasbords was that the focus was more on the content (as it arguably should be) than on the technology. Some exhibits were focused on education, entertainment, or ability to do brand promotion, which is to be expected of course. But a handful were intent on pushing the artistic possibilities of the medium.

 

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