The Holy City

The Holy City

Documentary
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
The Holy City
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Information

The Holy City is an immersive virtual reality experience that transports participants to Jerusalem and provides access to the most sacred rituals and the holiest sites of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Jerusalem, The Holy City, carries a rich history, an undeniable spirituality, and an indescribable magnetism that can now be experienced in a virtual format. The experience takes place in photoreal volumetric captures of some of the most significant and beautiful sites in Jerusalem, highlighting its architectural beauty, diverse inhabitants, and spiritual history. This experience exists to cultivate understanding by exploring our fundamental similarities.
Release date
05/15/2019
Synopsis
The Holy City is an immersive virtual reality experience that transports participants to Jerusalem and provides access to the most sacred rituals and the holiest sites of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Jerusalem, The Holy City, carries a rich history, an undeniable spirituality, and an indescribable magnetism that can now be experienced in a virtual format. The experience takes place in photoreal volumetric captures of some of the most significant and beautiful sites in Jerusalem, highlighting its architectural beauty, diverse inhabitants, and spiritual history. This experience exists to cultivate understanding by exploring our fundamental similarities. The experience uses Gamification and Interactivity for the purpose of documentary storytelling, guiding the viewer through a maze of stories and sites. The gameplay experience includes an innovative Augmented Reality component, allowing participants other than the viewer in the virtual reality headset, to engage in the experience. For the first time, the holiest sites of Jerusalem have been captured using Photogrammetry, Lidar Scanning, and Volumetric Filming. The locations include: The Western Wall including the underground tunnels, The Holy Sepulchre, St. James Monastery,The Dome of the Rock, and Al-Aqsa Mosque. In The Holy City, extremely intricate Volumetric Captures and 360 Films become a private place of exploration and experience.
Thematics
Culture and artsDocumentaryHistoryMyths / TraditionsSocial issuesSociety / Political
Technology(ies) used
6DoFAmbisonics soundInstallationInteractivityLIDAR ScanningPhotogrammetryReal time engineStereoscopic 3DVolumetric capture
Production company(ies)
Blimey, HCXR
Country(ies)
CanadaIsrael

Distribution Strategy

Device(s) compatibility
HTC ViveHTC Vive ProiOS / Android iPad / iPhoneOculus GoOculus QuestOculus Quest 2Oculus RiftOculus Rift SSamsung Gear VRSmartphone & tabletsWebWindows Mixed Reality
Number of user(s)
Multi-user experienceSingle-user experience
Play area
Room ScaleSeated (360° chair)Standing
Distribution strategy
Art museums & galleriesAt homeCulture & ethnographic museumsDigital art centersFestival, Art fairsHeritage sitesHistory museumsScience & technology museums
Target audience(s)
Cinephiles, documentarists, technologists, people of faith, aged 9-65
Main Achievements (Prize, Selection, where the project has been already distributed)
AWARDS Lumiere Award for Best Educational XR Byron Bay Film festival 2019 - Best Interactive VR Experience Immersive Perspective Award - Editor’s Choice Award OFFICIAL SELECTION Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Cannes XR Guanajuato International Film Festival 2019 Raindance Film Festival 2019 Byron Bay film festival 2019 FIVARS film festival 2019 Dok Neuland XR exhibition 2019 Verzio Human Rights film festival - Vektor 2019 Virtuality XR awards POFF - Black Nights film festival Stereopsia - Lumiere Awards FIPA - Biarritz 2020

Team

First and last name(s) of the Lead artist(s)
Nimrod Shanit - Director and Producer Timur Musabay - Co-director Mishal Alam - Game designer Oury Atlan - Art Director William McMaster - Technical director
First and last name(s) of producer(s)
Nimrod Shanit, Sean Thomas Evans
Blimey & Intuitive PicturesProducer/Executive Producer, Ina Fichman, helms Intuitive Pictures, a Montreal-based company dedicated to producing quality documentaries, narrative features and interactive projects with international partners and for audiences worldwide. Producer Nimrod Shanit - Blimey has defined itself as one of the leading innovative binational XR studios in Canada and Israel. As one of Israel’s pioneer leaders in Extended Reality (XR/VR/AR) and 360 video production, we create original and awe-inspiring content in this new medium. Pushing the edges of technology and using the latest in 360 and immersive capture technologies, we also offer the best in equipment, logistics and creative know-how.

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