Love Virtually Trailer Takes a Cast of Comedy Legends Into the Metaverse
Technology is advancing at rather unsettling rates, with AI (or even just word prediction software) becoming a legitimate threat to people’s livelihoods in a variety of institutions. Something that hasn’t been touched on as much, however, is the implications of AI and virtual reality like ‘the Metaverse’ on actual human relationships. How will it affect romance, dating, marriage, adultery, and morality itself? Is it cheating if you have sex with someone in virtual reality, or is that just a form of pornography? Can you fall in love virtually?
Love Virtually is a new indie film which explores some of these themes within the context of a lo-fi rom-com. The film stars Cheri Oteri, Paul F. Tompkins, Peter Gilroy, Ryan O’Flanagan, Adam Ray, Nikki Howard, Tom Virtue, Paige Mobley, Vincent Washington, Ksenia Valenti, Harper Frawley, L.E. Staiman, and Stephen Tobolowsky. The synopsis reads as follows:
“In a world where the Metaverse has become widely adopted, four couples go to ridiculous lengths to find true love in a virtual world. Love Virtually is a retro-future satirical rom-com for the Metaverse era, blending live action and 3D animation as it explores and exposes the absurd reality of our world and where we are heading, while probing life’s deepest questions such as: How does a celebrity find someone who loves them for their true selves? Is it cheating if it’s in VR? Is it cheating if it’s with an AI?”
You can watch the official trailer and learn about the lengthy and impressive indie backstory of the film below:
Love Virtually “Should Never Have Been Made”
Love Virtually is yet another cinematic product of the COVID pandemic, a time when smaller crews and casts were needed to make smaller films. Some of the best movies from this period include Host, Windfall, In the Earth, and Language Lessons. Love Virtually was filmed during the pandemic, but its DIY virtual reality animation resulted in two whole years of post-production. The film is now finally being released after a lot of passionate work from a small team. L.E. Staiman described the lo-fi production in a charming director’s statement:
“Love Virtually is a movie that, for all practical purposes, should have never been made. It was way too ambitious, and executing the concept required technical skills that neither I nor my filmmaking partner, Cheston Mizel, possessed.
“In April 2020, just weeks after the pandemic started, I found myself frustrated at my parents’ house in Florida after deciding to abandon my post in L.A. to ride out what might be the end of the world. I was a single, struggling filmmaker, scraping by shooting low-budget commercials, music videos, and bar mitzvahs […]
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