The Hello Kitty Phone¡¯s Secret Messages
The piece was the winning project of the 2024 Sanrio Virtual Festival competition, a collaborative initiative under the XR Festival Asia Alliance, jointly promoted by BIFAN, SIF (Sandbox Immersive Festival), Kaohsiung Film Festival (KFF), and the Sanrio Virtual Festival.
Selected through an international pitch session among creators from leading Asian XR festivals, Papri Studio¡¯s work emerged as the final winner. The Hello Kitty Phone¡¯s Secret Messages will be on view at Bucheon Art Bunker B39 during BIFAN, along with works pitched by creators from Taiwan and Japan.
AI+XR Workshop Showcase
This exhibition presents the results of a creative workshop merging AI and XR, featuring science fiction-themed immersive content. Over the course of four weeks, three selected teams underwent intensive training and mentorship, experimenting with tools such as Runway, Stable Diffusion, and Unity/Unreal to explore new narrative possibilities across the boundary of real and virtual. From concept development to final showcase, each team created a piece that reflects their unique voice. Visitors are invited to experience how AI and human creativity intertwine, expanding narrative, perception, and emotion in new ways.
French XR Focus: Immersive Futures
In collaboration with the French Embassy in Korea, Beyond Reality presents ¡°French XR Focus: Immersive Futures¡±, a special section featuring three visionary works from leading French XR creators.The lineup includes: Next (2024) by Jérémy Oury, Oto¡¯s Planet (2024) by Gwenael François, Under the Sky (2025) by Jérémy Griffaud. This curated selection offers Korean audiences a unique opportunity to explore the aesthetic, sensory, and narrative experimentation that define the French immersive scene.
Beyond Reality × Bucheon Astronomical Science Museum
This year, Beyond Reality teams up with the Bucheon Astronomical Science Museum to present a co-curated section that explores astronomy and the universe through immersive content. By combining the museum¡¯s expertise in celestial content with BIFAN¡¯s curatorial vision in new media, the exhibition transforms scientific themes?like constellations, planetary systems, and cosmic structures?into an artistic experience. Set inside a dome-shaped installation, audiences will experience a multisensory journey across the cosmos. This collaboration reflects the intersection of scientific knowledge and imaginative storytelling, bridging Bucheon¡¯s cultural infrastructure and BIFAN¡¯s experimental spirit to deliver a new kind of exhibition that fuses intellect and immersion.