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| Industry | Film Production |
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| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www |
Mechanical Dreams VR (MDVR) is a VR content production company that produces virtual reality films and television shows.[1] Co-CEOs Lacey Leavitt and Mischa Jakupcak, along with Joe Jacobs, Mara Auster, and Chris Mosson started the virtual reality content company in XXXX and since then they have produced six VR films, 5 of which are directed by women.[2] They are currently housed in the University of Washingtons CoMotion incubation space.[3][4]
Mechanical Dreams VR has made it a priority to shatter the majority of users of VR from being white males from gaming backgrounds, and introduce diverse voices and people into the mix. Hoping to steer the medium's development away from the same male dominated fate as the film industry currently is.[5] MDVR focuses on original, diverse voices in storytelling.[4] Specializing in everything from social justice documentaries to immersive 360° storytelling.[6]
- ^ "Innovation District Grows with Opening of New UW CoMotion Headquarters Building | CoMotion". comotion.uw.edu.
- ^ Bernstein, Paula. "Mechanical Dreams Uses VR to Amplify Diverse Voices | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine.
- ^ Hurley, Wes (11 October 2016). "Filmmakers Bring Underrepresented Voices To VR". The Huffington Post.
- ^ a b "UW CoMotion opening new HQ with space for virtual, augmented reality startups". GeekWire. 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Seattle's Virtual Road to Transcendence - Seattle Weekly". Seattle Weekly. 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Mechanical Dreams Makes VR Dreams Come True | Washington Filmworks". washingtonfilmworks.org.