Immersivity and Technological Innovations Conference

“Immersivity and Technological Innovations” was an international, interdisciplinary (and more importantly virtual!) conference focused on immersivity in all its forms and its related technological innovations (writ large). The event took place October 26-30th, 2020.

IMAGE (Side by side): Immersivithé and description

Organized by Laboratoire CinéMédias, in the Departement of art history and film studies at Université de Montréal, this event is the product a collaboration between TECHNÈS (International Research Partnership on Cinema Technology), GRAFIM (Groupe de Recherche sur l’Avènement et la Formation des Identités Médiatiques) and CINEX (programme de recherche sur l’expérience cinématographique), as well as the Moving Image Research Laboratory (McGill University).

The guest of honour for the event will be Douglas Trumbull, celebrated special effect specialist (2001: A Space Odyssey;Blade Runner) and director (Silent Running; Brainstorm).