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Avaloki

In this first installment of a coming-of-age episodic series, viewers embody the Avaloki, an ancient being awoken to guide two siblings as they search for their exiled father. After discovering your own character’s abilities, you’ll find yourself speaking to the children by revealing clues from their past. While the journey is filled with interactive delights, the lasting effect is one of pause. A lesson on love and loss.

  • Priyam Parikh
    Director
    Found
  • Robin Cho
    Writer
  • Priyam Parikh
    Writer
    Found (2016)
  • Robin Cho
    Producer
  • Priyam Parikh
    Producer
  • Alexander Doddy
    Key Cast
    "Fisherman"
  • Lola Raie
    Key Cast
    "Meghan"
  • Duncan Stott
    Key Cast
    "Forrest"
  • Bill Lippincott
    Key Cast
    "Father"
  • Brenda Chen
    3D Artists
  • Erika Gomi
    3D Artists
  • Yaya Veerasilpa
    3D Artists
  • Yimin Zhang
    3D Artists
  • Freya Yeh
    3D Artists
  • Jake Stull
    Animators
  • Julian Sestanovich
    Animators
  • Estella Tse
    Art Direction
  • Kevin Peter He
    Concept Artists
  • Dave Zhu
    Concept Artists
  • Niko Korolog
    Composer
  • John McLucas
    Sound Mixing
  • Bethany Sparks
    Sound Engineers
  • Hannah Zubat
    Sound Engineers
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Virtual Reality
  • Genres:
    Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Unity Project
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Oculus Launch Pad
    San Francisco, CA
    United States
    Grant Prize Winner
  • NFFTY Film Festival
    Seattle, WA
    United States
    November 27, 2018
    Best VR
Director Biography - Priyam Parikh

Priyam is an Indian American director-producer raised in New Jersey. He currently works at Fable Studio, the new ex-Oculus Story Studio team behind Wolves In The Walls. Previously, he worked at DreamWorks Animation, Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures’ innovation team. He is the director of Found (2016) and Avaloki (2018). His goal is to create immersive art that not only push the technical boundaries of storytelling, but also elicit themes of mediation and self-reflection.

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Director Statement

Before I entered the immersive arena, I vowed to become an artist that creates powerful experiences to help children grow. Raised practicing Hindu and Buddhist Spiritual philosophy, I found myself impassioned to teach the complexity of mindfulness through observation and experience. With Avaloki, I hope to tap into VR’s potential to simulate these life teachings. In this pilot chapter, to understand how protecting the ones you love is never as simple as it seems.

The interactive film unearths a power yet to be seen in VR storytelling: creating an active dialogue between the user and the story’s characters. This not only puts the user at the forefront of the narrative, but fully realizes the medium’s established ability to create an emotional responsibility for these characters. Its interactive design begs the user’s curiosity, which will awe them with a beautifully realized world.