CREDITS
Directed, written, produced and edited by Joe HuntingExecutive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn EverettProduction Company: Painted CloudsPresented by: Field of Vision
In association with: Cinetic Media, XTR
Distribution: HBO
2022
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
‘Come for the gimmick, stay for the poignance of Joe Hunting’s 'We Met in Virtual Reality', a documentary that starts out odd and ends up oddly sweet.’
DANIEL FIENBERG, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘The optimism of 'We Met In Virtual Reality' is absorbing and infectious. For all its bleeding-edge tech, and murky event horizon, the film is an authentic feel-good film of our current pandemic moment’
KURT HALFYARD, SCREEN ANARCHY
FESTIVALS
CREDITS
Directed, written, produced and edited by Joe HuntingExecutive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn EverettProduction Company: Painted CloudsPresented by: Field of Vision
In association with: Cinetic Media, XTR
Distribution: HBO
2022
"Filmed entirely inside the world of virtual reality (VR), this immersive and revealing documentary roots itself in several unique communities within VRChat, a burgeoning virtual reality platform.
Through observational scenes captured in real-time, in true documentary style, the film reveals the growing power and intimacy of several relationships formed in the virtual world, many of which began during the COVID-19 lockdown, while so many in the physical world were facing intense isolation. Although remaining wholly within the VR domain of avatars and imagined worlds, the film has the same elements of humor, serendipitous interactions and unexpected events that characterize documentary films made in real life.
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY tenderly documents the stories of people experiencing love, loss and unexpected connection, expressing vulnerability around mental health struggles and questions about identity, offering a hyper real journey into the human experience of an online world that may soon shape the future."
HBO
‘Come for the gimmick, stay for the poignance of Joe Hunting’s 'We Met in Virtual Reality', a documentary that starts out odd and ends up oddly sweet.’
DANIEL FIENBERG, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘The optimism of 'We Met In Virtual Reality' is absorbing and infectious. For all its bleeding-edge tech, and murky event horizon, the film is an authentic feel-good film of our current pandemic moment’
KURT HALFYARD, SCREEN ANARCHY
FESTIVALS
CREDITS
Directed, written, produced and edited by Joe HuntingExecutive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn EverettProduction Company: Painted CloudsPresented by: Field of Vision
In association with: Cinetic Media, XTR
Distribution: HBO
2022
"Filmed entirely inside the world of virtual reality (VR), this immersive and revealing documentary roots itself in several unique communities within VRChat, a burgeoning virtual reality platform.
Through observational scenes captured in real-time, in true documentary style, the film reveals the growing power and intimacy of several relationships formed in the virtual world, many of which began during the COVID-19 lockdown, while so many in the physical world were facing intense isolation. Although remaining wholly within the VR domain of avatars and imagined worlds, the film has the same elements of humor, serendipitous interactions and unexpected events that characterize documentary films made in real life.
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY tenderly documents the stories of people experiencing love, loss and unexpected connection, expressing vulnerability around mental health struggles and questions about identity, offering a hyper real journey into the human experience of an online world that may soon shape the future."
HBO
‘Come for the gimmick, stay for the poignance of Joe Hunting’s 'We Met in Virtual Reality', a documentary that starts out odd and ends up oddly sweet.’
DANIEL FIENBERG, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘The optimism of 'We Met In Virtual Reality' is absorbing and infectious. For all its bleeding-edge tech, and murky event horizon, the film is an authentic feel-good film of our current pandemic moment’
KURT HALFYARD, SCREEN ANARCHY
FESTIVALS
CREDITS
Directed, written, produced and edited by Joe HuntingExecutive Producers: Charlotte Cook, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn EverettProduction Company: Painted CloudsPresented by: Field of Vision
In association with: Cinetic Media, XTR
Distribution: HBO