Gladiators in the Colosseum

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Ancient gladiators as a photorealistic virtual reality experience. Panem et Circenses – Life and Death in the Roman Colosseum.

International title

Gladiators in the Colosseum

Release date

3/1/2017

Synopsis

In the arena of the extravagantly decorated Colosseum, you will witness a fierce battle to the death between two gladiators, surrounded by 50,000 cheering spectators. Ultra-realistically reconstructed 3D settings combined with live-action protagonists guarantee an unprecedented sense of reality and allows the viewer to get intimately close to the fighters. The extraordinary VR experience expresses the extravagance, the emotions, but also the brutality of the ancient Roman world in an unprecedented intensity.

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URL

https://faber-courtial.de/portfolio/gladiatoren-vr/

Thematics

Action / AdventureDocumentaryHistoryMartial arts

Technology(ies) used

3D animation3DoFStereoscopic 3D

Production company(ies)

Faber Courtial - studio for digital worlds

Country(ies)

Germany

Distribution Strategy

Device(s) compatibility

HP Revers G2HTC ViveOculus GoOculus QuestOculus Quest 2Oculus RiftOculus Rift S

Number of user(s)

Single-user experience

Play area

IndoorSeated (360° chair)Standing

Distribution strategy

At homeCulture & ethnographic museumsHeritage sitesNatural parksTheme parks

Target audience(s)

All targets from 12-112 years of age that are interested in emotionally experiencing and learning about the wonders of our world

Main Achievements (Prize, Selection, where the project has been already distributed)

2017: Winner at the EMEA Lumiere Awards Competition of Stereopsia, Brussels/Belgium 2017: Winner CINE of the Golden Eagle Award for Independent and Emerging Media, Washington/USA 2017: Winner “360° Movie” at Next Reality Contest, Hamburg/Germany 2017: Winner at Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Palma/Spain 2017: Official Selection FIVARS Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories, Toronto/Canada 2017: Finalist 360 Film Festival, Paris/France 2017: Official Selection – Grand IndieWise Convention, Miami /USA 2017: Official Selection Animaze / Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Montreal/Canada 2018: Official Selection Manchester Film Festival, Manchester/UK

Team

First and last name(s) of the Lead artist(s)

Director: Jörg Courtial Producer: Maria Courtial VR Development / Camera: Wolf Knittig Music / Sound Design: Stefan Lupp Speaker : Erik Hansen Production Management VR: Philipp Clermont Specialist Advice: Prof. Werner Dahlheim Technical Support: Manfred Gördes TV Editors: Claudia Moroni, Sebastian Scherrer Production Management: Kirsten Bode, Friederike Haedecke

First and last name(s) of producer(s)

Maria Courtial, Kerstin Schoenborn, Marion Weppler

Main cast

Laszlo Kish (Emperor Titus) Jan Krüger (Gladiator Thraex) Marc Tilly (Gladiator Murmillo) Mo Ahmadi (Referee)

Faber CourtialFaber Courtial is a leading specialist in creating detail-rich and impressively authentic worlds since 1998. The studios masterpiece worlds can be experienced via their premium, emotionally captivating immersive productions, such as “Volcanos VR”, the first VR production for German TV, “Gladiators VR”, “2nd Step” as well as the independent in-house productions “1st Step”, “Follow-me Rome” and “Genesis. Faber Courtial’s films set high standards in storytelling and creative techniques, gaining international recognition at festivals such as (selection), the Venice and Cannes International Film Festivals, the Tribeca Film Festival, the South by Southwest Festival, FIVARS, Stereopsia and Siggraph. For their trademark experiences Faber Courtial continually embraces new VR technologies and pushes the boundaries of what is possible within the immersive realm, such as developing custom-made in-house tools and solutions to create high quality 6DOF experiences even for mobile headsets, with the aim to deliver experiences of unparalleled intensity and strong emotions that reimagine the world of entertainment.

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