Postcards from the VR Arcade

Virtual reality directors at the Tribeca Film Festival are blazing a path to the future of storytelling

Unceded Territories, about indigenous tribes and colonialism, asked participants to don some unusual VR headgear. (Photo: Lance Ulanoff)

It was not supposed to be a nice day. The forecast called for clouds, rain, but the sky was blue and sunny, the air sharp, if a little cool.

It’s the kind of climate that makes it hard to tear yourself away for a sojourn in the virtual world.