Spheres

Virtual Reality

_ CLIENT

Oculus – CityLights

_ RELEASE

2019

_ TECHNOLOGY

Virtual Reality

This three chapter interactive virtual reality journey uncovers the hidden songs of the cosmos. Space is not silent. It is full of sounds. We look to the stars to find our place in the Universe, but for the first time we listen to its music. From Writer/Director Eliza McNitt and Executive Producers Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, this acclaimed experience premiered at Sundance and received the Grand Prize in VR at the Venice Film Festival. This project was the opportunity to demonstrate the whole technical skills of Novelab.

_Credits

_ WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Eliza McNitt

_WITH SUPPORT FROM
Intel

_EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Jessica Chastain
Kaleidoscope

_PRODUCERS
Jess Engel
Arnaud Colinart
Dylan Golden

_COMPOSERS
Kyle Dixon
Michael Stein

_VR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Clément Chériot

_ART DIRECTOR
Mitch Myers
Markos Kay
Griffin Fraser

_CREATIVE DEVELOPER
Julien Daniel-Moliner

_ADVISORS
Lisa Watts
Nancy Allen

_VFX ARTISTS
Baptiste Poligné
Benjamin Lucas
Dimitri Sourzac

_SOUND DESIGN & VR AUDIO INTEGRATORS
Florent Dumas
Thomas Couchard

_SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Richard Matzner
Dr. Zsuzsanna and Szabolcs Mark

_PRESENTED BY
Oculus Studios
Protozoa Pictures
City lights

_EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Darren Aronofksy
Ari Handel
Joel Newton
David Ganek
Matthew Malek

_CO-PRODUCERS
Grégoire Parain
Jill Basmajian

_SOUND DESIGNERS
Craig Henighan
Robert Kellough
Bethan Kellough

_ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Alethea Avramis
Fred Volhuer
Pierre Zandrowicz
Antoine Cayrol
Amaury La Burthe

_LEAD INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS DEVELOPER
Robin Picou

_LEAD ARTIST
Amaury Guilley

_3D ARTISTS
Arthur Maugendre
Kévin Procope

_PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Corentin Lambot

_VR PRODUCTION STUDIOS
AtlasV
Novelab
Crimes of Curiosity
Kaleidoscope

_OCULUS EXPERIENCES
Colum Slevin
Yelena Rachitsky
Ichha Arora
Dorian Dargan
Kat Bachert

CHAPTER I: Chorus of the Cosmos

Narrated by Millie Bobby Brown

Planet Earth sings. Our solar system becomes a musical instrument as we discover the Universe through sound.

CHAPTER II: Songs of Spacetime

Narrated by Jessica Chastain

Dive into the heart of a black hole to uncover the breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves. Fall into the darkness, and you will find the light.