DEACWorldbuilder

Dale P.Deacon

I bring worlds online—building story-driven spaces where film, identity and technology become places people can inhabit.

Explore selected work

Four defining projects · 2021—2025

Worlds with a point of view.

Built across film, virtual production, brand experience and spatial storytelling.

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2021 · TeamEpic

Spirit of Place

Director · Writer · Creative technologist

Dale P. Deacon’s directorial debut: a nonlinear open-world VR story premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.

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2021 · Red Sea Immersive · Team Epic

Red Sea Immersive

VR worldbuilding · Production

A collection of VRChat worlds built for Red Sea Immersive—spatial storytelling across an international festival programme.

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2023 · Film XR

Mormoverse: Under the Pillow

VRChat lead development · Worldbuilding

Winner of Best Immersive Narrative at Raindance Immersive 2023 and featured in Venice Immersive’s 2024 Best of Worlds.

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2024—2026 · La Biennale di Venezia

Venice Immersive

VR worldbuilding · Design · Production

The official VRChat gallery for Venice Immersive across three editions—connecting global audiences to the competition and Best of Worlds programme.

28 credits · 2020—2025The wider body of work.Browse every creditCollapse index

Direction, production, worldbuilding and creative technology across independent, cultural and commercial collaborations.

Selected awards & distinctions.

International recognition for immersive storytelling, world design and collaborative creative practice.

  1. 2024
    Venice ImmersiveVenice International Film Festival
    Recognition
  2. 2024
    Venice ImmersiveVenice International Film Festival
    Best of
  3. 2024
    Raindance Immersive2024 accolade archive
    Recognition
  4. 2023
    The Loerie AwardsThe FVRM · Life of Confidence
    Nominated
  5. 2022
    The Webby AwardsOxymore · technical supervision
    Nominee · Honoree
  6. 2022
    MONA — Renaissance of the MetaverseWith Chris Bianchi and Adam Lieber
    Design Award
Portrait of Dale P. Deacon

The practice

Direction, production, and distribution of immersive storytelling.

Dale P. Deacon is an internationally acclaimed worldbuilder and the founder of worldbuild.io. His work explores identity in relation to environment through holism, transhumanism, complexity theory and meta-narrative.

His practice spans cinematic virtual production, spatial storytelling, avatars, digital twins and live immersive experiences—alongside community work across Africa’s XR ecosystem.

Practice
Worldbuilding, direction, virtual production
Community
weAReVR.Jozi, Africa XR Report, mentorship
Studio
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Expansive mountain world from Dale P. Deacon’s creative practice

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

Joseph Campbell · The Power of Myth

Seen in good company.

Selected festival, exhibition and community appearances across the international immersive landscape.

Interviews · Profiles · Coverage

The work, on record.

Interviews, profiles and coverage of the worlds, ideas and communities behind the work.

Voices of VRTransforming 2D art into an immersive VRChat journey with StrangewaysInterview2024opens in a new tabLa Biennale di VeneziaStrangeways — Venice ImmersiveOfficial selection2024opens in a new tabRaindance ImmersiveStrangeways — Best Art World nomineeFestival feature2024opens in a new tabLa Biennale di VeneziaMormoverse: Under the Pillow — Venice ImmersiveOfficial selection2024opens in a new tabIDIDTHATWesgro Made in the Cape Market — Loeries 2024Industry credit2024opens in a new tabRaindance ImmersiveMormoverse: Under the Pillow — Best Immersive NarrativeFestival feature2023opens in a new tabBizcommunityMade in the Cape market gives exporters an immersive stageProject coverage2023opens in a new tabNews24Sanlam makes history with SA’s first media launch in the metaverseProject coverage2023opens in a new tabBizcommunitySanlam hosts SA’s first fully immersive media briefing in the metaverseProject coverage2023opens in a new tabCFO South AfricaMan vs. machine: navigating the business landscape of the next decadeFeature2023opens in a new tabFuture Cities AfricaHow the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of citiesInterview2022opens in a new tabThe Radioactive BlogThe Africa XR Report has arrivedFeature2022opens in a new tabIQOQOXR in South Africa: shaping a new realityFeature2022opens in a new tabLa Biennale di VeneziaSpirit of Place — Venice VR ExpandedOfficial selection2021opens in a new tabLa Biennale di VeneziaBliss in the Ear of a Storm — Venice VR ExpandedOfficial selection2021opens in a new tabRaindance ImmersiveMyceliaFestival feature2021opens in a new tabVarietyVenice Film Festival unveils VR Expanded lineupIndustry news2021opens in a new tabGeekulchaDale P. Deacon — changing the VR gameProfile2020opens in a new tab

Speaking · Press · Partnerships · Commissions

Bring the right world into the room.

For interviews, speaking, cultural partnerships and ambitious immersive work, introduce the context and the audience you want to move.

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