Beat is a VR animation directed by VR & 3DCG artist Keisuke Itoh. This work has been officially nominated at the 77th Venice International Film Festival in the category of "Venice VR EXPANDED" in 2020. 【Synopsis】 “Beat” is a story elaborated from your “Heart”. Viewers can experience the work with their hearts in their hands. Viewers encounter a rusted robot, absolutely static. He doesn’t have a “heart” to move. Viewers can grant him a new heart by putting theirs on the robot. He then stands up and starts to move, expressing joy to live out all his strength. However, when he meets with new robots, he doesn’t know how to communicate properly. It is a story that you can realize the power of the heart and the importance of emotional connection with others through the interaction with the robot. In this work, the heartbeat is the "key" that drives the story. Throughout the robot's growth, you will become aware of the existence of your own heart. *The original work uses the special haptics device uses a special haptics device to connect the viewer’s heartbeat and VR animation. The story begins with the user's own heartbeat! 【Basic Information】 Title: Beat Production year: 2020 Production: WOWOW Inc. / CinemaLeap Inc. Director: Keisuke Ito Producer: Hiroko Fujioka (WOWOW), Katsutoshi Machiba Haptics supervisor: Hideyuki Ando (Osaka University of Arts) Length: 12 minutes