We’re honoured to announce that "The Art of Change" has been officially selected for the XR Experience Spotlight at SXSW 2025 in Austin, Texas.
"The Art of Change" is a deeply personal, audio-visual immersive journey that traverses time and space. The project interweaves tape-recorded messages from various life stages within the music, narrating a woman's story as she communicates with herself across time.
Directors: @funilab & @droeloemusic
Producer: @peterariet@megxyz_
Droeloe Manager: @megxyz_
Mgmt: @brokenlevee.xyz
Made with @quill_vr
#vr #sxsw25 #sxsw #xr
🎉 Exciting news from Studio Syro! 🎉
We’re thrilled to release our demo for PondQuest— a mixed reality game where you guide a frog through a vertical pond ecosystem.
Jump, swing, and swim through serene nature using intuitive hand-tracking controls. Whether you’re racing to the top or simply enjoying the tranquil vibes of the pond, PondQuest offers something for everyone.
Thank you for your continued support. 🐸✨ Stay tuned for updates and let us know your thoughts! ❤️
Leaping onto the Meta Quest 3 and 3s today!
@MetaQuestVR@metaquestgaming #MetaQuestGaming #MetaQuest #MixedReality #StudioSyro #PondQuest #vr #mr #frogs
We are incredibly humbled and honored to have been awarded the Golden Bee for Best VR Work at the @mediterranefilmfestival for Tales From Soda Island: The First Ingredient, Chapter 7!
Our deepest gratitude goes out to everyone who watched the piece, the jury for recognizing our work, and Michel and the Festival for selecting us.
A heartfelt thank you to the dedicated team that brought this episode to life. This achievement would not have been possible without you!
Creator / Director / Writer: @funilab Producer: @peterariet Lead Animator / Optimization: @nicktheladd Storyboard & Animator: @lucassmarker Set Designer: @stieffelix Generalist: @tfriedel217 VFX Artist: @sneekypops Creative Consultant: @d.animator
The @sodaisland Audio Team: @refraq@grynpyret@rasmusfaber@santpoortdraws
Executive Producers: @ryangenji & @goro.fujita@metaquest@meta
We are honored to have participated in the 2nd year of the Mediterrane Film Festival and to help bring more recognition to VR works.
Spatial Mailbox is coming May 26th and it's completely free on Meta Quest!
Send messages to your friends like never before. Place 3d emojis, animated gifs, compose 3d text, and more, all using nothing but your hands! #metaverse #virtualreality #mail #mixedreality #vr
La CineVR2 del Museo Nazionale del Cinema diventa un portale per un’isola dove le leggi della fisica si piegano alla musica: Tales from Soda Island 🎶, serie VR cult prodotta da Studio Syro (@studiosyro ) e realizzata con illustrazioni e animazioni hand-drawn dal visionario artista Simone “Funi” Fougnier (@funilab ), pioniere che fonde musica e immagini immersive, le cui opere sono già state ammirate in kermesse come Venice Immersive e SXSW.
Episodio dopo episodio attraverserai panetterie del multiverso 🥖, giungle al neon 🌌, corse quantistiche⚡ e rituali cosmici 🌙, fino alla missione finale per riportare l’armonia in un ecosistema sonoro fuori controllo. Potrai muoverti all’interno di illustrazioni viventi a 360° 🎨, guidato da musica, luci e gesti, in quella che molti definiscono “la cosa più emozionante vista in VR negli ultimi anni”. 🔥
Da febbraio a maggio, nella CineVR2 ti aspetta un appuntamento fisso con la VR d’autore: due episodi al mese fino al gran finale con il settimo capitolo della serie. Un viaggio tra strane creature e sinfonie cosmiche da vivere in prima persona. ✨
Indossa il visore e goditi il viaggio a Soda Island! 🏝️🎥
We have some very exciting news to share:
Time isn’t linear and every number is infinite!
“The Art of Change”, an Audio Visual VR experience, has been selected for the 81th @labiennale . We’re honored to be showcasing it at the Venice Immersive Official Competition.
“The Art of Change” was born from Droeloe’s mind as a concept music album illustrated by Funilab. @funilab Simone Fougnier and @droeloemusic Vincent Rooijers collaborated on the visual world-building and that work culminated into a standalone VR animated short.
“The Art of Change” is a deeply personal, audio-visual journey that traverses time and space. The project interweaves tape-recorded messages from various life stages within the music, narrating a woman’s story as she communicates with herself across time.
Directors: @funilab & @droeloemusic
Producer: @peterariet
Droeloe Manager: @megxyz_
Mgmt: @brokenlevee.xyz
Made with @quill_vr by smoothstep
📣SPECIAL RELEASE CH 6 SILENCE 360 VERSION ON YOUTUBE!
In commemoration for our episode being release on 4/18 and this years Webby Nomination we decided to release a 360 video of our piece so that more people could see it. Now anyone can see it even if you don’t have a headset!
Go watch it now because it will only be up for a limited time!
You can follow the link in our bio and will be able to watch the whole thing at any device! This is our first 360 video release of any of our episodes!
Please share this with anyone you know would love Soda Island!
Also our we still need your help voting for the Webby Awards. We are nominated for Best Narrative Experience! Link is in our bio!
Voting End 4/18!
Thank you again to our incredible team:
Creator / Director / Writer - @funilab
Producer - @peterariet
Lead Animator / Optimization - @nicktheladd
Storyboard & Animator - @lucassmarker
Set Designer - @stieffelix
Generalist - @tfriedel217
VFX Artist - @sneekypops
Creative Consultant - @d.animator
The @sodaisland Audio Team
@refraq@grynpyret@rasmusfaber@santpoortdraws
Big thank you to our Executive Producers:
@ryangenji & @goro.fujita@metaquest@meta@thewebbyawards
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