Empire At Sea Premieres as 10-Person Vision Pro Drama Opens 22-Minute Venice Run
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Updated · UploadVR · Sep 1
Empire At Sea Premieres as 10-Person Vision Pro Drama Opens 22-Minute Venice Run
3 articles · Updated · UploadVR · Sep 1
Summary
Peter Flaherty’s 22-minute "Empire At Sea" premieres in competition at Venice Immersive this week, with a new trailer debuting exclusively on UploadVR.
Ten Apple Vision Pro users experience the mixed-reality drama around a custom LED table, where volumetrically captured actors appear in passthrough AR and participants can influence a branching story.
The plot follows climate scientists trying to build a sustainable community on a remote oil rig after a mainland catastrophe, then facing a choice over whether to admit strangers spotted five years later.
Orlando Jones, Ayelet Zurer and Geoffrey Arend lead the cast, captured with 4DV.ai technology for a production commissioned by Lincoln Center and ASU Gammage.
Venice Immersive runs Sept. 2-12 within the 83rd Venice Film Festival, and the project is also slated for Lincoln Center in January 2027, with home versions planned for VR headsets and phones.