Virtual reality is being driven by Indian artists in theaters.

Poulomi Basu, an artist from Kolkata, developed a Virtual Reality project titled Maya: The Birth of a Superhero. It was included in the first immersive competition at the Cannes Film Festival last month.

With narratives integrating virtual reality, Indian artists are taking the world film festival circuit by storm with immersive storytelling.

To view Right to Pray, India's first Virtual Reality (VR) film directed by Khushboo Ranka, at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, Adoor Gopalakrishnan put on the headset. Once the four-minute video concluded, one of India's most acclaimed directors, Gopalakrishnan, turned around and asked producer Anand Gandhi, "What is the future of VR films?" 

The international entertainment industry has been able to respond to many of the inquiries regarding the initial skepticism that accompanied the introduction of immersive cinema nearly ten years after TIFF became the first significant festival to welcome VR films in a special five-film package called POP VR to celebrate the evolution of storytelling through innovative technology.