Ecosphere launches globally on Oculus Quest and GO for World Ocean's Day

ecosphere, a groundbreaking VR nature series produced in partnership by Phoria, WWF, Oculus, Silverback Films, Anicca Media and XM2, is now available to download on Oculus Quest and GO. Highlighting indigenous champions on the frontline of conservation around the world in ground-breaking cinematic VR 180, ecosphere is a landmark natural history series and Anicca Media couldn’t be more thrilled to join our partners in bringing it to the world in headset today on World Ocean’s Day.

From Venture Beat:

“Shot with pre-production 180-degree 3D cameras based on Z-Cam’s E2, Ecosphere is a technology showcase for next-generation immersive videos, pushing the state of the art for consumer VR experiences. Phoria notes that the videos feature the world’s first 5.7K stereoscopic VR footage at 60 frames per second, delivering high levels of detail and 3D depth at a nausea-reducing level of smoothness. Highly demanding scenes that would normally be destroyed by visual artifacts, such as the movements of schools of fish and shimmers in coral reefs, are rendered almost perfectly in Ecosphere — a major achievement for any app, let alone one that can be enjoyed for free.”

Director Joseph Purdam on the tools filming ecosphere’s Raja Ampat episode.

Director Joseph Purdam on the tools filming ecosphere’s Raja Ampat episode.

The Laps Tasmania French tour 2020

We are delighted to be kicking off 2020 with a series of special cinema screenings of The Laps Tasmania with Surf Nights across France.

French tour 2020:

► Projection-The Laps Tasmania-Bordeaux at Les Chantiers de la Garonne-Saturday January 11th at 19 pm
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► The LAPS Tasmania, Le Grand Rex, Paris-Wednesday, January 22 at 20 pm
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► The LAPS Tasmania, Le Royal, Biarritz-Friday January 31th at 20 pm
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*Director Angie Davis will be present at the Bordeaux screening for a special Q&A.

The Laps Tasmania wins Best Documentary at PAMA 2019

The day before I flew out to Africa, I was up in Paris receiving our award for Best Documentary for The Laps Tasmania at the Paris Art and Movie Awards.

As the universe would have it, it was also the day of the global student climate strikes, and a day when Greta made some of her most powerful statements to date.

I dedicated this award to Greta and all the students out there doing what so many adults are not brave enough to do: push our leaders to take immediate action on climate change.

I believe the reason The Laps is getting so much attention and acclaim this year is that the film is a reminder to all of us that in order to rewild the planet, we need to rewild ourselves. Living simply, in tune with nature and in harmony with all life on Earth is fun and fulfilling, and most importantly, necessary.

The good news is it looks like people out there want to see more Laps. We're working on broadcast deals and funding to make you all a global series.

We don't need a lot to be happy, and as the characters in the film show clearly, helping others and nature are the most fulfilling actions of all.

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Best Documentary Nomination - Paris Art and Movie Awards

It is with great excitement to have received news that The Laps Tasmania, directed by Angie Davis with Dustin Hollick, has been nominated for Best Documentary at the Paris Art and Movie Awards. The documentary has now been upgraded to FINALIST, in the top 3 of judging landing it a dedicated screening at the awards, which will also be its European premiere ahead of an intended screening tour of France with Surf Nights later in 2019.

The Laps Tasmania

Synopsis:

How can we consume less? Live our dreams? Meet new friends? Adventure more? And have a bloody good time doing it? 'The Lap of Tasmania' is a documentary, following Dustin Hollick and Rhian Slapp, two ordinary fathers with the survival skills of well-trained house pets, on a two-week journey around Tasmania with not much more than the clothes on their backs. The rules are simple: No cash, no car, no technology and just 10 personal items each. These scruffy surfers from the East Coast of Australia leave home to learn the secrets of a well-balanced life and aim to get back a connection with nature that has been lost with the advent of modern convenience. They re-connect with nature but it is the goodwill and generosity of the quirky humans that inhabit this remote island that make their journey and survival possible.