What better way to show we were ready to take on VR than to produce our own VR film?
Saṅkhāra is a poetic mobile VR film inspired by T.S. Eliot’s ‘Four Quartets’ created as an early design-driven VR experiment for the Samsung Gear in 2015.
The story begins at the end of an astronaut’s mission, as we follow him home through our awe-inspiring universe. Upon arrival back to Earth, our hero reflects upon his life choices, questions what might have been, and eventually finds solace in his decisions–a familiar emotional journey for anyone who has experienced life’s drastic twists and turns.
This experience was designed to experiment with the deep emotional potential of poetry in virtual reality, while pushing the boundaries of graphics in VR. Succumb to the 360-film’s gravitational pull, clear your mind, and allow yourself to meditate on this virtual poem.
Download to view via Steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/639190/Sankhara/









Behind the scenes






Credits
Interactive / Animation
Tendril
Director
Vini Nascimento
Creative Director
Alex Torres
Executive Producer
Kate Bate
Producer
Mary Anne Ledesma
Concept
Josef Barto
Design
Vini Nascimento, Emilie Musczak, Rodrigo Rezende
Storyboard
Vini Nascimento
Modellers
Christian Hecht, Ben Pilgrim, Sergei Falaleyev
Animation / Rigging
Will Sharkey, Florent Arnold
Unity Dev
Alexandre Veaux, Ben Stirling, Carlos Torres
Music Co
White Noise Lab
Sound Designer
Roger Lima
Audio Producer
Jessica Lima
Website Design
Ronaldo Jardim
Website Dev
Diego Tres