New York Comic Con meets Spooky Season
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This week in immersive: Magic Leap’s alternate reality game involving Charity Kong/The Yarnies/Stupefying Yarns continued at New York Comic Con (we really hope Kevin is OK), while the Unknown 9’s Leap Year Society began inducting people at the McKittrick Hotel. Some folks successfully completed the first Guinness World Record Escape Room Attempt in Russia, and ARG #NOFILTER kicked off with a bang (and we’ve been gathering players on the NoPro Slack).
Founder/Publisher of No Proscenium Noah J. Nelson also had the chance to write up our backstory for Immerse:
We’ve also got a new episode of the podcast, some Immersive Design Summit news, and two upcoming meetups in NYC! And we at NoPro have been reviewing escape games and haunts and LARPs and immersive theatre shows left and right.
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IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT NEWS
We’re pleased to announce that many of our speakers from 2018’s Immersive Design Summit will return as members of our community for next year’s Summit.
These immersive thought leaders will help facilitate conversation and connection throughout the two-day event in February. They include:
- Melinda Lauw, Whisperlodge
- Jeff Leinenveber and Jarrett Lantz, Scout Expedition Co.
- Lauren Ludwig, Capital W
- Yelena Rachitsky, Oculus
- Landon Zakheim, Overlook Film Festival
- Brent Bushnell, Two Bit Circus
- Laura E. Hall, author & puzzle/escape room designer
- Justin Fix, Just Fix It Productions/Creep LA
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Yvonne Chang and Jae Lee of NYC’s Wildrence join guest host Kathryn Yu to talk about their unique storytelling space and consulting studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Plus: quick notes from Noah about the beautifully constructed site-specific work Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden currently in Southern California.
NYC: SAVE THE DATES!
NYC: Room Escape Artist Talk/New York City Escape Room Fan ShindigJoin David & Lisa Spira as they give a talk about trends in the escape room industrynoproscenium.comNYC: No Proscenium/Room Escape Artist/Everything Immersive MeetupOur quarterly get-together for fans and creators alike!noproscenium.com
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
LA: Safehouse ’77; The Reality X — Welcome Home
Las Vegas: Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment (New Dates)
Minneapolis: Heist
NYC: The Female Role Model Project; FOUND FOOTAGE; Chaos Theory; Escape From Marseilles; The Mortality Machine
Raleigh: Strange City of Edgar Allen Poe
SF: The Changeling: A Neverland Story (Extension)
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Toronto: Happy Place; Ghostbusters
REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Beating the Bomb in Agent November’s ‘Major X Ploe-Shun’ (A NoPro Escape)Can NoPro save London in time?noproscenium.comWorking Towards Liberation at ‘Escape from Marseilles‘ (A NoPro Adventure)Sinking Ship Creations presents Betsy Isaacson’s roleplaying experiencenoproscenium.comFearsome Tide: The Depths of Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (A NoPro Adventure)The Long Beach icon’s annual haunt provides devilish delightsnoproscenium.comFrights & Freaks: Warner Bros’ Horror Made Here (A NoPro Adventure)The legendary Hollywood studio hones their craft at live haunts on their backlotnoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Escapades LA - It's a Doggy Dog World [Review] - Room Escape ArtistWho's a good room? Who's a good room? Location: North Hollywood, CA Date Played: August 22, 2018 Team size: up to 8; we…roomescapeartist.comCrux Club - Oddfellow's Secret [Review] - Room Escape ArtistA set that money can't buy. Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY Date Played: September 16, 2018 Team size: 2-3…roomescapeartist.com
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
£10m immersive storytelling project to focus on development of technologyA £10 million project to support the development of immersive technologies in the creative industries is being…www.thestage.co.ukImmersive entertainment company Tyffon raises $2.17M, has L.A. plans - L.A. BizTyffon Inc., a location-based immersive entertainment company, has raised $2.17 million in financing to bring its…www.bizjournals.comLower Garden District venue for "Fallen Saint" immersive-theatre project wins unanimous City…The controversial proposal to convert a former Lower Garden District warehouse into a venue for a permanent new-to-New…uptownmessenger.comTwin Peaks VR game focuses on the most terrifying, insane part of the showA virtual reality game of the TV cult classic series Twin Peaks is in the works from Collider Games and Showtime, along…www.cnet.comSharing a Site-Specific SecretA romantic garden. A Chinese opera. And a select audience, wandering under Californian stars. By Laura O'Neill…www.nytimes.comLocation-Based VR Startup Nomadic to Open First Location in FloridaBay Area-based virtual reality (VR) startup Nomadic is getting ready to open up its first VR center in Orlando, Florida…variety.comNottingham - Zero Latency free-roam VR coming to UK | BlooloopThe retailtainment venue launches on Friday 19th October 2018 at MeetspaceVR in the intu Victoria Centre shopping mall…blooloop.comVirtual reality reimagines the haunted mansion-with eerily realistic effectsI am screaming so loudly-repeatedly-that it's more of a piercing shrill echo. I fear it's so disturbingly distracting…www.fastcompany.comWindy City Playhouse To Open New Motor Row LocationWindy City Playhouse today announced that the theater's smash hit Southern Gothic, the recipient of six Jeff Award…www.broadwayworld.comThe Immersive GenerationVR is inevitable. Just get out of the way and let the kids do their thing.medium.comVR Theater: Celebrating The Evolution of a New Medium - ACM SIGGRAPH Blogphoto by Jim Hagarty In 2017, Pol Jeremias, the founder of SIGGRAPH's VR Theater, had a bold vision. A new way to tell…blog.siggraph.orgSecret Cinema's International Expansion Plans Wow Zurich SummitFabien Riggall likes to keep a low profile. He rarely speaks in public, certainly not at a high-profile industry-heavy…www.hollywoodreporter.comWhat is it like to design a brand new theme park?What is it like to design a brand new theme park, using one of the deepest entertainment libraries in the world? That's…www.themeparkinsider.comEvermore Park in Pleasant Grove 'ensnares the senses' with immersive, interactive experienceIn 2014, ABC released a little-known, fantasy-based reality television series called "The Quest." In the show, 12…www.heraldextra.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
The First Guinness World Record Escape Room Attempt [Interview] - Room Escape ArtistAt this moment, 4 friends are attempting a Guinness World Record for the most escape rooms played in one day. We caught…roomescapeartist.comThe Best Horror Escape Rooms to Visit this Halloween - Room Escape ArtistIf you're traveling to haunted attractions this holiday season, don't forget to include horror escape rooms. It's one…roomescapeartist.com
From Laura E. Hall, author and escape room/puzzle designer:
“We designed a payphone-based interactive puzzle game that led to an
immersive alien marketplace and secret speakeasy at XOXO Festival.”
“Netflix continues its experiments with branching narrative in one
episode of the next season of techno-dystopian anthology tv series
Black Mirror.”
From Mike Fontaine and Russell Eaton, My Haunt Life:
From Michael Andersen of ARGN.com:
“Remember that viral picture of a weasel riding a bird a while back? Hoax, created by Zardulu. Raccoon riding an alligator? Zardulu again. The prolific prankster has an exhibit of some of her greatest hoaxes in NYC this month, where you can see them in person.”
From Kellian Adams Pletcher, Green Door Labs:
“We’re going live this week with our new show Save the Munbax!”
“Northeastern is revving up to run its first ever kindness and empathy game jam in a few months, which is a type of game jam that’s starting to make its way across the country this year. This makes me so happy. After the last few years you start to wonder if people will ever be civil again and I’m proud that game designers are starting to lead a charge in that direction.”
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