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10 Jun 2025

Apple Adventure Series – Episode 1 Highlining wins Gold Telly Award for the best Use of 360 Audio

By 1618digital

Proud to share that Episode 1 of the Apple Adventure Series – Highlining, has just won a Gold Telly Award in the category of the best Use of 360 Audio! 🥇🎧

This immersive documentary follows professional highliner Faith Dickey as she takes on her most daring challenge yet – walking a line suspended above a 1km drop over Norway’s stunning fjords.

Congratulations to director Elliot Graves and the incredible team who brought this film to life. A special shout-out to the rest of the sound team and Professor Hyunkook Lee for their invaluable contributions to the audio experience.

Produced by Atlantic Productions, Immersive Sound by 1.618 DIGITAL, streaming on Vision Pro, Apple TV+

10 May 2025

The Journey Back VR Experience Wins the Museums + Heritage Award for Best Use of Digital Category

By 1618digital

Thrilled to share that The Journey Back VR Films – Letters from Drancy, Walk to Westerbork, and Escape to Shanghai – have just won the Museums + Heritage Award for Best Use of Digital (International)! This honour recognises the powerful storytelling and immersive experiences that bring Holocaust survivor testimonies to life. Congratulations to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Centre, East City Films, and everyone whose dedication made this project possible!

24 Oct 2024

Our Head of Audio Experience Oliver Kadel at the DOK Exchange XR Conference in Leipzig, Germany opening with a keynote presentation on Spatial Audio in Immersive Storytelling

By 1618digital

We’ll look at why Spatial Audio is an indispensable part of Immersive Storytelling. What defines Auditory Immersion? Plus the latest case studies, cutting-edge tools, methodologies, and distribution platforms, along with associated challenges and creative opportunities.

Please come to say hello if you’re attending and interested in these topics.

“DOK Exchange XR is DOK Leipzig’s networking and inspiration programme on interactive and immersive storytelling with a focus on XR works and the sustainable development of the international community of XR creators, producers and distributors.”

📅: October 31, 14:30 – 16:10 & November 1, 13:00–18:00, Probsteikirche St. Trinitatis & online.

More info on the DOK Exchange XR programme: https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/dok-exchange-xr

Get your accreditation: https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/accreditation

09 Oct 2023

Our Head of Audio Experience Oliver Kadel at the DOK Leipzig Exchange XR Conference in Germany doing a keynote presentation on Spatial Audio for Augmented Reality

By 1618digital

We’ll cover the general approach to sound design for AR. We’ll look at the case study, the recent Apple Design Awards finalist: covering the authoring for hardware device playback vs binaural audio on headphones, balancing the sense of realism and authenticity with the entertainment factor and mitigating the differences in scale between the visuals and sound, and we’ll touch on how AI machine learning starting to shape the personalised listening experience.

“DOK Exchange is DOK Leipzig’s networking and inspiration programme on interactive and immersive storytelling with a focus on XR works and the community’s sustainable development.”

Please come to say hello if you’re attending and interested in these topics.

For more information visit -> https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/dok-exchange-xr