

Member of the Immersion & Real Time department of the French CST (Higher Technical Commission for Sound & Images).ĭiversion cinema specializes in showcasing and distributing immersive experiences. Tutor, Speaker & Panelists on VR distribution & operations at Sapienza University in Rome, DIXIT, VIFF Immersed, Rio Film Festival & Hyper VR Festival. Jury for the 2019 Vancouver Intl Film Festival - VIFF Immersed. Tutor for VR Biennale College Cinema for Venice’s Biennale since 2018. With his strong operational, technical and international background, Marc co-founds Diversion cinema in 2016 & manages its Operations and Business Development.
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He then started his own company and worked 6 years as a professional tourist guide and interpret. INSEAD MBA Engineer, Marc worked 7 years in Supply Chain in Japan and France. He is also “The Happenstance Chef” with a cooking channel on YouTube, hosts the weekly “Writers’ Room” on Clubhouse and YouTube channel “The Story Hour” with co-host Alison Norrington. Hurst is also co-author with Olivia Newton-John of the best-selling children’s book “A Pig Tale” from Simon & Schuster and the book “WHOLE,” a collection of essays on life’s challenges. Hurst has held leadership positions in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Board and Second Vice Chair), the Producers Guild of America (Board and Chairman, New Media Council) and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Digital Ambassador).
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Currently he is Producer for the LegionM volumetric series “Icons.” Events have included Shanghai XR, NABShow, and VIFF Immersed. Credits include My Brother’s Keeper (VR, PBS, Digital Studios), The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth 360 (VR, Showtime) Gettysburg: A National Divided (MR, QuantumERA), The Rolling Loud Hip Hop Festival (Live 360 broadcast, LivexLive, SamsungVR) Super Splat Brothers E-sports Tournament (Live 360 broadcast, E-Sports Arena, SamsungVR), and Passport to Philadelphia (AR, QuantumERA). His work in theater, television, emerging and new media and now immersive media has enabled the building and extension of story worlds and brands.Īs Chief Storyteller of StoryTech® Immersive, Hurst leads the company’s work in cinematic and Live VR as well as immersive events production. Their past clients include Canon, National Geographic, US Embassy, and Neill Blomkamp.Ī multi-disciplinary producer, writer and strategist, Brian Seth Hurst has spent his career at the forefront of innovation and storytelling. The company is funded by Epic Games and supported by Nvidia, HP, and Maingear. Currently Tobias and his team at Volumetric Camera Systems Inc are developing the highest quality volumetric capture systems in the world, using machine learning, over 250 synchronized 4K Sony sensor cameras and Leica laser scanners.

He was also the VR Supervisor for "Rose Colored" which was featured at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and recently won the 2018 Lumiere Award for Best Live Action VR. Tobias was the Technical Director of "Phone of the Wind VR", which is a recent 6DOF interactive documentary funded by Facebook. He has been an immersive media consultant for various Fortune 500 companies such as a Netflix, National Geographic, Intel, IBM, Discovery Channel, Nike, Fox Sports, The Home Depot and he was also previously a Facebook Supplier, collaborating on various content creation solutions for Facebook, including custom VR Drones and Stereo 180 capture solutions. Tobias Chen is a multidisciplinary media technologist from the University of Toronto, born and raised in Vancouver. Her past projects include Pirates of the Caribbean, Fairies, Descendants and Tron Legacy for Disney, James Cameron’s Avatar for Fox, Halo for Microsoft, Happiness Factory for The Coca-Cola Company, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Nickelodeon and Transformers for Hasbro, Dexter for Showtime, The Witch Who Came in From the Cold with Realm, Space Nation, and UNICEF Kid Power. She previously served on the Board of the Producers’ Guild of America’s New Media Council for 6 years, with 3 as Vice Chair. In addition to supervising and coordinating these projects with global production teams, she produced original work on new platforms for these intellectual properties varying from theme parks, immersive cruise line experiences, social and digital media, interactive eBooks, XR, WebXR, currently focusing on experiences built using NFTs.Īs Executive Producer at StoryTech® Immersive she has been producing VIFF Immersed since 2016’s first VR day and is dedicated to the development of sustainable business models for emerging experience types. A pioneer of the concept of Transmedia Storytelling in Hollywood, she is best known for her work creating multi platform narratives strategies for major film franchises, AAA console games, television shows and global brands. Caitlin Burns is a producer, strategist and specialist in emerging media.
