SXSW DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE

 
 

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE KALEIDOSCOPE DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE AT SXSW, FEATURING WORK-IN-PROGRESS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE VR CREATORS. 

The Kaleidoscope Development Showcase can be found at the SXSW VR Cinema. All demos are early prototypes and non-premiere status.

LOCATION
JW Marriott Austin, Level 4 - Grand Ballroom
Booth 201-203

DATE / TIME
March 14 - March 16, 11AM - 6PM

To access a project's development site, discuss a project further or schedule a meeting with the creators at SXSW please contact jill@kaleidovr.com

PROJECTS

 
Featured
BATTLESCAR
Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell
Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell
BATTLESCAR
Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell
Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. NICO CASAVECCHIA & MARTIN ALLAIS
BattleScar is an animated VR film starring Rosario Dawson that follows the journal entries of Lupe, a Puerto Rican punk kid living in the Lower east side of Manhattan in 1978.

Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell
Battlescar, SXSW René Pinnell
DEAR PIGEON MAN
Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell
Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell
DEAR PIGEON MAN
Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell
Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. DANIËL ERNST
Experience the intimate story about a small pigeon post office that loses its relevence during the mid nineties internet revolution. 

Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell
Dear Pigeon Man, SXSW René Pinnell
DECAY THEORY
Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell
Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell
DECAY THEORY
Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell
Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. NICK PITTOM
Decay Theory is an Episodic Sci-Fi Storytelling Experience, that follows the intergalactic adventures of SuRei, a young girl and FeiMa, the bio-mechanical horror that protects her.

Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell
Decay Theory, SXSW René Pinnell
FLOAT
Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell
Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell
FLOAT
Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell
Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. KATE PARSONS & BEN VANCE
The FLOAT Museum is a curated platform for the best in virtual reality art and immersive experiences. No longer limited by the constraints of physical reality, FLOAT reinvents the museum experience by transforming our relationship to art and architecture.

Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell
Museum of the Impossible, MOTI, FLOAT, SXSW René Pinnell
MOVEMENTS
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell
MOVEMENTS
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. MICHAEL CATALANO & ELLIOT COLE
Movements is an interactive VR experience that generates beautiful music and abstract visuals based on the natural movements of your body, allowing you to become the conductor of your very own psychedelic orchestra. 

Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano, Movements, SXSW René Pinnell
PLAYTHINGS: KARAOKE CRUISE
Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell
Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell
PLAYTHINGS: KARAOKE CRUISE
Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell
Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell

Playthings was made to welcome anyone to the world of virtual reality. Built for the roomscale virtual reality, Playthings puts virtual drumsticks in your hands and sets you loose on a musical playground from another world. 

Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell
Playthings, SXSW René Pinnell
SQUARE THE CIRCLE
Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell
Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell
SQUARE THE CIRCLE
Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell
Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. SARA KOLSTER & HARM VAN DE VEN
Square the Circle is an interactive experience which explores the possibilities of interacting with Touch controllers in room scale. The experience is about excitement and joy, finding a quiet moment in an imaginative reality to escape a hyper demanding world, returning to childlike play.

Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell
Square the Circle, SXSW René Pinnell
SYNESTHESIA
Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell
Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell
SYNESTHESIA
Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell
Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. M. TUCKER, F. RAMALLO, A. MEERTEN, E. HILLELI, M. CAULEY
Featuring original music from major artists like Amon Tobin, Little Dragon, and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Synesthesia is an interactive experience comprised of six movements each inspired by a different stage of life. 

Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell
Animation, Interactive, Synesthesia, Arjan van Meerten, Eran Hilleli, Fernando Ramallo, Mac Cauley, Mike Tucker, Vincent Morisset, SXSW René Pinnell
VESTIGE
Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell
Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell
VESTIGE
Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell
Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. AARON BRADBURY
Vestige is a journey into the mind of a man who lost his lover in a car accident. Within an empty void, fragments appear of their life together, refracting and glistening. We hear the voice of an old man describing these moments and how they always lead to the same memory of her.

Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell
Vestige, SXSW René Pinnell
Waba
Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell
Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell
Waba
Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell
Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell

DIR. EDWON
Waba wobbles when you touch him, and he’ll also wobble your heartstrings. Help Waba grow up and learn to take care of itself, and one day, it might need to return to it's true home in the wild.

Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell
Waba, Edwon, Tyler Hutchison, SXSW René Pinnell
 

René Pinnell

As a filmmaker & designer, René produced the acclaimed comedy show Backpack Picnic, directed the feature documentary The King of Texas, sold a TV pilot to MTV, designed 5 products & founded 2 companies.

Featured Projects
EX\STATIC
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
INDEFINITE
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
THROUGH YOU
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
CHOCOLATE
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
DEAR ANGELICA
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
BLARP!
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
DRAWING ROOM
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
PEARL
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
PLAYTHINGS
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
LE TEMPS PERDU
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, <a href="/project/?tag=2016+Summer+Sho