''Way to Go'' (French: ''Jusqu'ici'') is a 2015 Canada/France

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and

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web-based experience created by the

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digital studio AATOAA (, Philippe Lambert, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit and Caroline Robert) and produced by

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(

Hugues Sweeney Hugues Sweeney is head of French-language interactive media production at the National Film Board of Canada, based in Montreal. Sweeney's recent credits include ''My Tribe Is My Life'', the online interactive animation work, ''Bla Bla'', ''Rouge au ...

) and

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. The production lets users take a virtual walk in the woods, through a combination of animation and

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User experience

In February 2016, ''

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s Jennifer Wolfe described the user experience as follows:

Reception

''Way to Go'' was unveiled as VR installation at the

2015 Sundance Film Festival The 2015 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 22 to February 1, 2015. ''What Happened, Miss Simone?'', a biographical documentary film about American singer Nina Simone, opened the festival. Comedy-drama film ''Grandma'', directed by Pa ...

’s New Frontier showcase. Awards to date include three

2016 Webby Awards The 20th annual Webby Awards for 2016 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 16, 2016, which was hosted by comedian and actor Nick Offerman. The awards ceremony was streamed live on the Webby Awards website. Judges from the Intern ...

, Webby and People's Voice awards in the Web/NetArt category as well as the Webby Award for Online Film & Video/VR: Gaming, Interactive or Real-Time. On 27 April 2015, it was named Cutting Edge Project of the Week at the Favourite Website Awards.

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* {{Authority control Interactive films France Télévisions National Film Board of Canada documentaries Virtual reality films Webby Award winners Quebec films Films set in forests 2015 films Canadian animated documentary films 2010s Canadian films