FIVARS in FALL 2022 - Toronto

The 10th Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS) comes to stackt market - North America’s largest marketplace designed entirely out of shipping containers - as 3-day pop-up event in Toronto from Oct 28th-30th featuring exclusive content and world premieres via two-hour ticketed viewing blocks. For those who can’t attend in-person the festival also offers a wide variety of immersive video content and live virtual performances online from Oct 28th to November 16th.

Feel the terrifying thrill of free-climbing with adventurer Alex Honnold in “The Soloist”, based on the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo.” Explore the stars alongside world-renowned particle physicist and musician Dr. Brian Cox (“Beyond the Milky Way”). Solve puzzles with Haru, a fictional shrine maiden from a parallel world (“The Tale of Onogoro”). Journey back 3.5 billion years with David Attenborough and witness the origins of life on our planet (“David Attenborough's First Life”). With final selections from 11 countries including Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Israel, Australia, the United States, and Canada, the possibilities are endless.

All tickets include access to four special performance works, including two virtual reality real-time adventures with live actors (“Offrail”, an early glimpse of the theme parks of the future, and “MetaMovie: Alien Rescue”, a sci-fi adventure where the audience plays a starring role). Other special performances include a live one-on-one telephone conversation experience with Sylvia Plath, as performed by director Stepy Kamei (“We Should Meet in Air”), and a guided tour from Academy Award-winning VFX artist Kevin Mack through his psychedelic visionary world of living AI-driven entities (“Namuanki”).

Find the complete list of selections at the official FIVARS site

Online attendees are also invited to create their own custom-styled avatars to meet other creatives from around the world using FIVARS’ multi-user virtual environment powered by JanusXR.

Created in Toronto, since 2015, FIVARS has curated more than 350 original experiences from more than 45 countries powered by virtual and augmented reality, projection mapping, and haptic devices to showcase the world’s best in interactive media. Nominated for 3 Poly Awards in 2022, FIVARS is the original and longest-running festival wholly dedicated to Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories.

Check out the Complete Guide to FIVARS in FALL 2022

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/fifall2022tix.

As a gesture of our deep appreciation for your continued membership, VRTO Meetup members get an exclusive 40% discount off all in-person tickets which also include all online content. (limited quantities)

Enter the following promo code at Eventbrite to apply your discount: VRTOMembers2022

We would love to see you at the show. Make up your own time to meet other VR community members in Toronto in the great Stackt Market space. And after the Toronto dates are over, you can join the festival Discord, and Virtual Spaces and hang out some more!

Standard Disclaimer: This event is provided as an organizational tool for meeting up with other members - RSVPing to this Meetup event does not grant access to the festival, which required a separate purchase