The author states the achievement by virtual reality technology of acertain stage of maturity. Virtual reality equipment as a means of film exhibitionnot only determines our aesthetic experience but fundamentally changes filmlanguage — the duration of a film and particular takes, their composition, thespecifics of inter-shot and intra-shot editing, etc. The essay explores the visualsystem of VR cinema, a phenomenon which is gaining more and more spectatorpopularity.Defining the depth of immersiveness as the fundamental difference betweentraditional and VR cinema, the author identifies aspects characteristic of thelatter — aspects determining its creative method. Among them is limited length(the duration of a typical VR film rarely exceeds 15–20 minutes), a 360-degreeview, the representation of spherical space (for example, the viewer does notsee anything more than shown to him in the film), and interactivity, whichmanifests itself in the spectator's freedom of to choose the area of focus andborrows elements of gaming practices.The essay analyzes typical mise en scènes and highlights the basic ones. Themost important aim of mise en scène along the first person axis is to give theviewer an opportunity to feel in a different way, to look at the world with otherpeople's eyes. In passive mise en scène along the third person radius, where theaxis of movement is absent, the semantic center of is expressed not so clearly. Thistype implies the viewer's aspiration to study the surrounding space. The thirdtype is active mise en scène along the third person radius, which corresponds tothe look of an active full participant in the shown events — instead of the lookof an abstract observer from the inside. The essay describes the mechanism ofsynthesis of mise en scènes with the aim of obtaining a new artistic quality.The author emphasizes such aspects of the artistic uniqueness of VR cinemaas expressive minimalism, minimization of the value of editing, and newattitudes towards camera work. In conclusion, he describes the current state ofVR cinema and looks at the basic principles of the development of its artisticuniqueness.