Faultline recently dropped into the Old Vic theater in Bristol, UK, for a first-hand look at the virtual reality (VR) premiere of what was billed as a “groundbreaking multisensory immersive biographical experience.” The 20-minute short film, ‘INSIDE: The Childhood of an Artist’, explores the work and life of American artist Judith Scott. Born deaf and with Down Syndrome, Scott’s story posed unique challenges from a creative perspective—hence the collaboration between a wide cast of partners, including Trial and Error Studio, the University of Portsmouth, All Seeing Eye, MyWorld, the Centre for Creative and Immersive XR (CCIXR), the University of Bath, and French volumetric video specialist 4Dviews. While the director’s intent may have been to capture the nostalgic summer haze of…