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Jul 12, 2016

Here’s what you’ll see at TIFF and The Verge’s VR showcase this month

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We’re really excited to be working with the Toronto International Film Festival on a three-day event called POP showcasing some of the most inventive VR creations… and it’s coming up very soon — Friday, July 15th through Sunday, July 17th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Tickets are on sale now, and we’d love to see you there.

Let’s talk about what you’ll see when you’re there. The theme of this POP event is empathy and real-world storytelling — how VR can really impact your view of (and connections to) the world. We have more than a dozen pieces that you can try.

Then on Saturday, Adi Robertson and I will be moderating panels where the creators — including the co-founders of Felix and Paul… Felix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël — talk about how they use VR to elicit emotion.

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