Erotic 360-degree art film "Viens!" focuses on tantric lovemaking

Virtual reality is the most sensual of all media. This is proven by a brilliant 360-degree art film by French filmmaker Michel Reilhac, which makes VR users the centre of a tantric love game.

"Come!" says the French title. When you immerse yourself in the 360-degree film Viens! you first find yourself in a bright room surrounded by white, fluttering cloths. And just a few seconds later, you are surrounded by naked people touching and kissing each other tenderly.

The actors are not models with perfect faces and body shapes, but ordinary people you meet on the street every day. The film deliberately blurs boundaries: Gender, ethnicity and even sexual orientation play no role. Because here, everyone touches and kisses each other. And the VR user sits amazed in the midst of this sensual love story.

An unprecedented effect

The film offers something unusual not only in terms of content. What makes it unique is how it utilises the special features of the medium. For example, the typical all-round view is particularly impressive in a scene in which the outside world sinks into a sea of loving bodies that twist and turn into each other.

In another scene, Reilhac uses a trick that is as simple as it is ingenious and causes the world to come apart at the seams in a way that will leave even the most hardened VR user gasping for air - an incredible effect that plays with human perception and could not be realised in any other medium.

No pornography

The filmmaker also specifically uses eye contact to involve the viewer in the erotic action. "My hope is that eye contact will create a connection between performers and viewers. They should feel comfortable and welcome in the world they are in," says Reilhac in an interview.

Is Viens! a porn film? The director says no: "It's an erotic film, it's about sex and nudity, but it's not pornography. It's not about arousing the VR user. Instead, the film is intended to help them transform their sexual energy into something higher," says the director. According to Reilhac, the VR experience is inspired by the Indian philosophy of tantra, which teaches how sex becomes a spiritual experience.

Source: Vrodo