Zero Days VR
Special Jury Prize
Based on Alex Gibney’s feature-length documentary Zero Days, “Zero Days VR” tells its story from a perspective that wasn’t possible before virtual reality. The true story of a clandestine mission hatched by the U.S. and Israel to sabotage an underground Iranian nuclear facility is told first from the point of view of a key NSA informant and then of Stuxnet, the sophisticated cyberweapon at the heart of the mission. The audience steps into the invisible world of computer viruses to experience high-stakes cyberwarfare at human scale.
“I'm floating in cyberspace, and it's beautiful. A tunnel of sleek metallic tubes telescopes before me, criss-crossing into ‘TRON’-like circuit board cities that make it clear that I'm inside of a computer. I'm surrounded by information: infographics pulsing red and blue below me, elongated frames of news footage zooming past my eyes, their soundbites echoing in my ears—were I not wearing a virtual reality headset I'd be sure I could reach out and touch data itself. As ‘Zero Days VR’ progresses, the companion piece to Alex Gibney's documenary about the Stuxnet super virus makes it clear that the serene world I'm drifting through is the battleground for the 21st century, and I'm on the front lines.”
Zero Days VR
Category : VR
Company: Scatter
Creators: Yasmin Elayat
Release Date: January 2017
