> lead technical & XR artist
> senior cinematic VFX artist
> unreal engine/unity dev.
> virtual cinematographer

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Awards_
→ Siggraph Asia 2024
Best in Show XR Theatre

→ AWE ‘26 [Augmented World Expo]
Art Festival Winner

→ The PFCAT ‘26
Best DomeFilm Documentary

→ FIVARS ‘24
Best VR

→ Europan XR Award ‘24
Best Volumetric Experience

→ The PFCAT ‘24
Best VR

→ Epic MegaGrants Winner

Festival presentations_
◍ REALITY LOOKS BACK [2025]

→ IDFA ‘25 [World Premiere]
→ SXSW ‘26 [U.S Premiere]
→ Thessaloniki Film Festival ‘26
→ PFCAT ’26 [VR & DOME]
→ AWE ‘26 [Augmented World Expo]
→ Aesthetica ’26
→ NewImages ’26
→ SatFest ’26
→ JENA Fulldome Festival ’26
→ Bolten Film Festival ’26
→ AFO ‘26
→ ADAF ’26
→ ART*VR ‘26
→ Lichter Film Fest ‘26
→ SIGGRAPH Vancouver ‘25
→ FIVARS ’26
→ Labocine ‘26 [Science New Wave]

◍ A VOCAL LANDSCAPE [2023]

→ Venice International Film Festival ‘24 [World-Premiere]
→ SIGGRAPH U.S 2024: VR Theater
→ Aesthetica ‘24
→ SIGGRAPH Asia ‘24
→ NewImages ‘24
→ PFCAT ‘24
→ FIVARS ‘24
→ Stereopsia ‘24
→ Ji.hlava Intl Documentary Film Festival ‘24
→ Bridges Intl Film Festival ‘24
→ Kaboom Animation Festival ‘24
→ Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin ‘23 & ’24
→ Sehsüchte Film Festival ‘24
→ Harlem Intl Film Festival ‘24
→ Strasbourg Fantastic Film Festival ’24
→ Bozar: Dreaming in Dialogue ‘25
→ ADAF ‘25 Simulacra
→ Rencontres Internationales Amsterdam ‘25

real-time project snippets

Dome | SIM : Fully customizable dome simulator app for iOS, Win, Android TV. With PS4 controller over BT & recordable camera movement

Siggraph Asia 2024 Award : A Vocal Landscape won Best in Show XR Theatre

GSplats + VFX in UE

A Vocal Landscape VR premiere at Venice Biennale 2023

GSplats + VFX in UE

Realtime VFX + Volumetric in UE

UE char. animation, cinematic & VFX

Europan XR Awards 2024: A Vocal Lanscape won Best Volumetric Capture

UE VFX, mocap & cinematic

a vocal landscape - RT VR UE

toon shading in UE

unreal engine + stable diffusion

VFX + character animation UE

character animation & cinematic UE

bts irl cinematography

wonder dynamics - character animation

look dev + cinematics UE

previz FLIP sim

AVL RT exhibit at MOOR + unity

previz FLIP sim

at microsoft mixed reality studio - volumetric capture

A Vocal Landscape bts

A Vocal Landscape look dev. particle system

cine

projection mapping / performance. UE/Maya

Tuner AR concept art

previz - FLIP sim

volumetric AVL

Volumetric Capture for RT UE

Kinect depth recording + houdini FLIP particles

UE - Cinematics & ENV dev

specular map + anamorphic volumetric shading

IR cinematography

Houdini - particle system dev

UE - VFX, RT cinematics

cinematography showreel

UE - retargetting

Look DEV - UE

Omid Zarei is a multi-skilled technical artist & realtime developer on the quest to explore alternative ways of visual storytelling. With a background in VFX he completed his studies in cinematography and film production in Paris after which he has worked as cinematographer and produced realtime cinematic projects in a diverse range of platforms.His latest VR project won
and EPIC MegaGrant & VIFF Immersed special prize and premiered in Venice Biennale in 2023.

He has initiated, produced and led multi-disciplinary projects with the aim to open a space for team collaboration with visual artists, filmmakers, game devs, sound designers, performers as well as specialised XR artists.