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Notes on Blindness

"Notes on Blindness : Into Darkness" is an immersive virtual reality (VR) project based on John Hull’s sensory and psychological experience of blindness released alongside the feature film.

The multi-awarded narrative VR experience is now available on Oculus Quest. ARTE gives you the opportunity to discover and rediscover Notes On Blindness, an emotional journey into a world beyond sight. In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, John Hull became totally blind. To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began documenting his experiences on audio cassettes. These…

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    Technical Info & Short Credits

    Format
    VR/360°/AR
    Genre
    Documentary
    Duration
    7 min
    Technique
    Animation
    Production
    Ex Nihilo, ARTE France, Archer’s Mark
    Executive producer
    Novelab, Atlas V
    Creative Director
    Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton & James Spinney
    Artistic director
    Béatrice Lartigue, Fabien Togman & Arnaud Desjardins
    Creative coder
    Robin Picou
    Sound design and programming
    Florent Dumas & Thomas Couchard
    Producer
    Arnaud Colinart, David Coujard, Mike Brett et Jo - Jo Ellison
    Executive producer and audio director
    Amaury La Burthe
    Projet assistant
    Landia Egal & Corentin Lambot
    VR Representative
    Vincent Dondaine & Fred Volhuer

    Casting

    Narrator
    John Hull

    Nominations and awards

    • WinnerPeabody Awards 2022XR Experience
    • WinnerPrix Europa 2016Best Web Project
    • Audience awardFNCeXPlore 2016
    • WinnerKaleidoscope World Tour 2016Best Experimental Experience

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