If the festival is postponed or cancelled your submission will be considered for the next edition of the festival. Some of the events are weather dependent. Events including venues, dates and times are subject to change.
By submitting your work, you are granting us permission to use your work on platforms associated with the Australian XR Festival (e.g. Australian XR Festival website, Mobile App, VR app, AR experiences, social media etc.) as well as Australian XR Festival events. The festival has the right to use the publicity material (press books, posters, stills etc.) from selected submissions to promote the festival as well edit your work for a variety of reasons (type of audience, reduce run time etc.).
The Australian XR Festival is open to content of under 3 hours (although Games can last longer) and all genres and warmly welcomes all accepted creatives to attend. Except for content entered out of competition all content must not have screened before January 2020.
We strongly encourage electronic submission via FilmFreeway however if there is a physical element, please email us at hello@ausxrfestival.com to discuss.
Judging
Judging of your submission can take place at any time after your submission has been made, so make sure your submission is ready as we may judge it straight away.
If after judging a category or special award has no finalists, no trophy will be presented for that category or special award nor will a winner be declared.
Information for Content Creators:
Selected content creators will receive 2 tickets to their content screening. Further tickets for content creators will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. To gain entry please be aware some venues may have their own terms (e.g., age restriction etc.)
Except those out of the competition, all content selected for Australian XR Festival is in the running to be selected as nominees for awards in their appropriate categories as well as others such as Best in Victoria or Best in Australia or Best in the World.
Nominations will be announced before the festival opens December 14th 2024
More information is available at www.ausxrfestival.com if you have any specific queries about entry or terms and conditions, please email us at hello@ausxrfestival.com
* Best in Animation : Provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@ausxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best in Augmented Reality (AR)/Mixed Reality (MR) Experiences entries: Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Apple App Store or Google Play or another online store, please provide us a link to it in your submission along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and include the link in your submission or alternatively email us (hello@ausxrfestival.com) the link.
* Best in Augmented Reality (AR) Social Media Filters - Please include a link to your AR Filter (Instagram, Facebook, Snap Chat, TikTok etc.) in your submission. You are welcome to submit filters of any theme that have been created using software such as Spark AR Studio, Lens Studio by Snap inc, Douyin Effect Creator, Tiktok Effect House etc. Email us hello@ausxrfestival.com if you have any further questions.
* Best in Creative AI (Artificial Intelligence) entries: Submissions in this category must be at least 70% created by AI (such as Midjourney, Open AI, DALL·E 2/DALLE, Google Collab, Craiyon and various other of types of Machine Learning tools etc..they can even be your own AI tools!), we do expect some editing etc. done by humans. Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package and/or digital file via the submission form. If your application or file is already available on a store/marketplace, please provide us a link to it (hello@AUSxrfestival.com) along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online, please upload it to a secure location and email us (hello@AUSxrfestival.com) the link. Please label your file using your Tracking Number; Example for AI Application: AUSXRF-0001.exe; Example for AI 360° Video: AUSXRF-0001.mp4, AI Image:AUSXRF-0001.jpg
* Best in Digital Art - Where possible please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your Digital Art, if you're unable to attach it to your submission, please email us hello@ausxrfestival.com with the details
* Best in Console Gaming entries: Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application exists on an online store, please provide us a link to it (hello@ausxrfestival.com) along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location, include a link to it in your submission or alternatively email us (hello@ausxrfestival.com) with the link.
XBox, PS5 and Nintendo Switch compatible submissions are welcome.
Please email hello@ausxrfestival.com if your submission is not compatible with the platforms mentioned above and would like to use a different technology before entering.
* Best in Short Film : Provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@ausxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best Social Media Content Creator: Provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your works file via the submission form. Please email us hello@ausxrfestival.com with any other additional details.
* Best in Virtual Reality (VR) Interactive Immersive Experiences:
Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Oculus Store or another online store, please provide us a link to it in submission (or alternatively email it to hello@ausxrfestival.com) along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and email us (hello@ausxrfestival.com) the link. Please label your file using your Tracking Number; Example for VR Application: AUSXRF-0001.apk; Example for 360° Video: AUSXRF-0001.mp4. Submissions must work on either Meta Quest 2 or 3, Playstation VR2 (PSVR2) or HTC Vive. Please email hello@ausxrfestival.com if your submission requires alternative hardware.
* Best in Virtual Reality (VR) Passive Immersive Experiences:
Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package via the submission form. If your application is already on the Oculus Store or another online store, please provide us a link to it (hello@ausxrfestival.com) along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and email us (hello@ausxrfestival.com) the link. Please label your file using your Tracking Number; Example for VR Application: AUSXRF-0001.apk; Example for 360° Video: AUSXRF-0001.mp4. Submissions must work on either Meta Quest 2 or 3, Playstation VR2 (PSVR2) or HTC Vive. Please email hello@ausxrfestival.com if your submission requires alternative hardware.
*Best in Virtual Worlds & UGC: Please provide Australian XR Festival with a link to your installation package or map code or serial number via the submission form. If your application is already on the Apple App Store or Google Play or another online store/platform (Fortnite, Roblox..), please provide us a link to it (hello@ausxrfestival.com) along with a promo code to allow us to download it free of charge. If it’s not yet published in an online store, please upload it to a secure location and include a link to it in your submission or alternatively email it to (hello@ausxrfestival.com) the link.
No screening fees will be paid. The festival has the full right to select what is shown.
The festival supports the following video and audio file types:
**Video File Types: .mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .webm, .mkv, .wmv, .mov
**Audio File Types: .mp3, wav, and .aac
** Image File Type: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .svg
Intellectual Property, Legal Claims And Indemnities
(1) By submitting the story to Australian XR Festival, the Applicant and Story Owners (the “Submitting Parties”) hereby warrant and represent that: (i) the Story is wholly original and is not copied from and does not include any other work that is the subject of copyright or other protection, unless such work is in the public domain or the Submitting Parties have obtained any and all consents, releases, licenses, and other authorizations or waivers of any kind necessary for the inclusion or reproduction of any person, character, location, thing, trade-mark, sound recording, musical composition or other work in the Story; (ii) the Story does not defame any person or violate the common law or statutory rights, including, without limitation, the rights of privacy and publicity or any other right of any person; (iii) the Story is not the subject of litigation; nor any dispute which would give rise to litigation (iv) there are no agreements, nor will there be any agreements made subsequent to the date of this Story submission that would or could have the effect of impairing the Submitting Parties’ ability to provide the Story as contemplated herein, or otherwise conflict with any provision of these Terms; and (v) the Submitting Parties have the full right, power and authority to submit the Story to Australian XR Festival for Festival consideration, and to grant all of the rights granted hereunder and in the FilmFreeway registration form, and there is no obligation or disability which would in any way impair, restrict or impede the Submitting Parties from fully performing all obligations pursuant to the submission and these Terms.
(2) The Submitting Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless Australian XR Festival, its licensees, successors and assigns, and its and their members, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, representatives, associates and affiliates (each, a “Releasee”), from any claim, suit, action or other proceeding brought against a Releasee and from any losses, costs, or damages, including the Releasee’s full legal fees and costs, which it may have suffered or incurred or may suffer or incur, directly or indirectly based on, in connection with, or arising from the use and exhibition of the Story submitted by the Applicant or the breach or alleged breach of any representation, warranty or other agreement made by the Applicant in these Terms, or in the Applicant’s FilmFreeway registration form.
(3) Australian XR Festival takes reasonable anti-piracy precautions. While in Australian XR Festival’s possession, all submissions are securely stored. Access to Stories is limited to Australian XR Festival staff, contractors, vendors and other 3rd parties who require access in order to screen and/or consider submissions. By submitting a Story to Australian XR Festival, the Submitting Parties hereby release the Releasees from any and all liability in the event of theft, unauthorized access or copying, or any breach of copyright of the submitted Story while it is in Australian XR Festival’s possession.
