Red Eyes (2021), a VR Film by AT Lab, Wins the Audience Award at VIFF Immersed

The Art & Technology Lab (AT Lab), affiliated with the K-Arts, won the Audience Award at the 40^th Vancouver International Film Festival Immersed (VIFF Immersed) with its VR film, Red Eyes (2021). Professor Lee Seungmoo (Sngmoo Lee) of the School of Film, TV & Multimedia directed the film, and it stars Kim Kang-woo and Lee Elijah. About the work, programmer Caitlin Burns commented, “the most ambitious work among all of the exiting VR SF action films.”

With a plotline that follows the mission and hidden secret of the special forces agents, Red Eyes (2021) is a full 3D 360 cinema that targets creating tension and suspense by employing experimental camera movements and computer graphics to overcome the limitations of static VR contents.

The AT Lab in K-Arts is a creative production and research center that aims to integrate science & technology with art & culture and industry with academics. Collaborating with the universities and research centers worldwide, the AT Lab actively engages in production and research in immersive media, cutting-edge technology in medicine, and content using artificial intelligence. In 2020, Scarecrow VRC, a VR immersive theater funded by the Korea Creative Content Agency, and Nine VR, a network in VR, and Rain Fruits, a content that used the 3D room scanning by the AT Lab, received the official invitations from the internationally prominent high-tech film festivals: the Sundance, South by Southwest (SXSW), Virtual Reality & Arts Festival (VRHAM) Amsterdam, Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes XR, and Kaohsiung Film Festival in Taiwan. Having signed the contract with the global content distribution company, Iconic Engine, the AT Lab is on the front of producing and researching immersive media.