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Anyone who has slipped into a Vr headset can attest to the visceral nature of the medium and it doesn't take long to jump to the idea that this is going to be an incredible platform for horror. Leading the charge on that since 2015 (aka, the entire recent history of Vr) is Guy Shelmerdine and his company Dark Corner. They created the landmark wheelchair-bound Vr experience Catatonic and its coffin-dwelling follow-up Mule. Now Shelmerdine is back with his third Vr experience, Night Night, set to world premiere tomorrow at Nyff. But apparently one new horrifying Vr experience isn't enough for Shelmerdine. Along with Night Night comes the launch of Dark Corner's own genre-specific Vr platform, the first of its kind in the genre space....

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Every year, the New York Film Festival descends upon the city’s most passionate cinephiles, bringing flashy world premieres and giving New Yorkers a chance to finally see films they’ve been salivating over since Cannes. For the experimentally minded, the Convergence series is a chance to explore immersive storytelling such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and interactive multimedia projects with an eye on the future.

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The sixth edition of the annual program announces its full slate today, including three Vr horror experiences from Dark Corner Studios, a Vr documentary series exploring the lives of Pakistani citizens from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and a game about sci-fi hallucinations from Tender Claws. In addition, Nyff is partnering with Lucasfilm to premiere their new virtual production technology with a public presentation. The never-before-seen technology harnesses the power of Vr as...