The Real Thing

by Benoit Felici

2018

The Real Thing

by Benoit Felici

2018

Immersive experience

Virtual reality

Architecture and design

Immersive experience

Virtual reality

Architecture and design

Institut français program

VR Selection

Best Immersive Production, NewImages 2018

The Real Thing is a VR journey into a copy of our world, exploring real-life stories inside China’s replicas of Paris, Venice and London.

VR headset

Suitable for all audiences

16 minute(s)

Multiple languages

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The Real Thing is a VR journey into a copy of our world. Around China’s largest cities, entire neighbourhoods have been inspired by foreign models. The film explores the most stunning of these “fake cities”. It travels from Paris to London and Venice - without leaving China. The inhabitants guide us in the parallel world where they have chosen to live. As VR leads the way to virtual tourism, copycat cities compete to offer a real experience of static travel. Walking the thin line between reality and virtuality, this documentary combines both to enhance a whole new feeling of ubiquity.