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"Virtual reality projects" not allowed
posted by sp1tiSTAFFMOD on May 28, 2020 at 5:01 PM
So a VR short I've added got deleted due to being forbidden content. Is this really a thing? "Virtual reality projects" seems like a rather specific term to me. Shouldn't narrative/non-interactive content be allowed (things with a runtime...)?
I know I've added some before myself and saw others in the DB but this is the first I got a delete notification 
. (Didn't see a discussion thread in search.)
Reply by tmdb24407783
on May 30, 2020 at 7:18 AM
Could you tell us what the short was?
Reply by sp1ti
on May 30, 2020 at 7:26 AM
Sure
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10875232
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpTSbMF7ICI
But according to the bible this wouldn't matter anyways. No VR allowed at all?
Reply by ECLariz
on August 14, 2020 at 8:41 AM
I have the same question, is a VR project considered a movie? Specifically this one: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/575360-diorama-no-4-the-fernweh-opera
Reply by lineker
on August 14, 2020 at 1:32 PM
I think you could say it's a type of movie, yes, but not allowed per the current rules. The entry is now deleted. The rules should be pretty clear.
Reply by ECLariz
on August 14, 2020 at 5:38 PM
Yeah, I thought so. Thanks for the fast reply.
Reply by sp1ti
on August 14, 2020 at 9:05 PM
tbh I started this thread to ask why the decision was made to exclude VR in the bible... so far it's just because
?
Reply by lineker
on August 15, 2020 at 5:32 AM
I think the original reason was that it required special equipment, but perhaps also that it's often close to a video game in experience. And that each movie viewing would be different (even if runtime is fixed, being able to move around freely in a 360 environment gets that outcome). It's similar to some interactive games and a close relative to theme park rides.
(Edit: A few months back I deleted an art installation for not being a movie. The viewer at the museum was sitting in a rowing machine (if I remember correctly) and certain actions triggered different vignettes to appear on three different screens. This would be an extreme example of an interactive experience, but nevertheless something that required special equipment and could not be reproduced as one movie.)