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A hybrid live-action/game-engine interactive virtual reality narrative written and directed by Ollie Rankin and starring Tiera Skovbye (Nuses, Riverdale, Once Upon a Time).

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Inspired by the classic sci-fi film Tron and the recent Netflix series, ALTERED CARBON on the concept of digitizing the human mind to allow consciousness to be simulated by an algorithm, the virtual reality short film DOWNLOADED explores that very premise. 

 

You, the viewer and your partner Lisa have built a machine known as the Atomizerator, but something has gone horribly wrong with the science experiment.

 

The digitization process has evaporated your body and transported your consciousness inside the computer, leaving you trapped and looking out to the outside world. Working together with Lisa, you must figure out how to reverse the process and go back to the real world. But beware-your actions hold the key to your escape and how Lisa will help you. So tread carefully, or you may not make it out alive.

 

DOWNLOADED is an immersive combination of cinematic live action with photo-realistic real-time game engine graphics, in a headset based VR experience that gives every viewer a different narrative experience, depending on their actions. 

 

DOWNLOADED is a very modern parable that addresses the role that technology plays in our lives. After all, are we not already—to one degree or another— trapped in our computers?

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