Meta Rift 「Eternal Spring VR Experience」

“ETERNAL SPRING (長春) VR” is an animated virtual reality documentary that brings you inside the world of a real-life survivor of religious persecution in China. Nominated for Best Immersive Experience at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, this 12-minute interactive documentary works as a standalone experience while also adding a new dimension to the animated documentary feature ETERNAL SPRING (長春), which was Canada’s official 2023 Oscar® submission and has played in 86 film festivals on six continents, earning 26 awards.

In mid-nineties Changchun City, Jin Xuezhe is drawn to the slow-moving exercises of the Buddhist Falun Gong discipline, whose early morning meditators fill the parks of his hometown. When the communist regime bans the popular practice in 1999, Jin is unwilling to sit by as disinformation in the state media maligns his faith and community. Tragically, however, speaking out brings the risk of arrest—and worse.

This eye-opening experience of empathy and impact gives audiences a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in the subject of a documentary through original recorded testimony and vivid artwork from acclaimed Chinese illustrator Daxiong (Star Wars, Justice League comics). A custom soundscape enhances the immersion when experienced with the Woojer haptic vest (optional). If you suffer from heart conditions or have experienced related trauma, you may wish to speak with your medical professional before engaging in this experience.