A week of transformational lusty mixed reality immersive news
Wow, what a week! Secretive tech startup Magic Leap finally announced to the world what they’ve been up to the mixed reality space over the last few years. Meanwhile, Punchdrunk, immersive theatre pioneers and creators of Sleep No More, talked to Wired about their plans to drastically change their format by reinventing their approach to immersive theatre through technology.
And over here, we announced that Diana Williams, Content Strategist for ILMxLAB and Lucasfilm, and Curtis Hickman, CCO & co-founder of The Void, will be joining the The Immersive Design Summit to talk about their brand new hyper reality experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, which just opened in London and Orlando.
Also this week, NoPro featured our first ever guest review from Ricky Brigante of Inside the Magic who gave his perspective on The Lust Experience’s “mid-season” event in Los Angeles. We had some necessary discussion around permitting and the fate of “Instagram palaces” Candytopia and Happy Place in LA. And we were lucky enough to hold another Slack Ask Me Anything with Strother Gaines, the Artistic Director and Founder of TBD Immersive in Washington, DC. A transcript of that will be posted soon. Want in on the next creator AMA? Get your No Pro Slack invite!
Plus on the podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking to experience designer Ida Benedetto who is the author of Patterns of Transformation: Designing Sex, Death, and Survival in the 21st Century; you might also know her from that secret, illegal water tower speakeasy in New York City a few years ago.
Scroll down for even more immersive news, reviews, and features. And, as always, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter at @noproscenium.
THIS WEEK ON THE PODCAST
Ida Benedetto is the author of Patterns of Transformation: Designing Sex, Death and Survival in the 21st Century. That work came about thanks to years of practice as an experience designer, including being part of the legendary Night Heron speakeasy brain trust.
She joins NoPro NYC curator Kathryn Yu to discuss her approach to experience design.
SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES (NEWSWIRE)
LA: Nocturnal Reverse & A Rescue on the Solstice; The Kansas Collection, Episodes 1–4 (Remount)
NYC: Journey to Oz; Prurience; Casino Planet
REVIEWS
Goa: Watch, talk, eat, repeat Gastronomical tales from the streets | India Today
London: The Jungle, Young Vic review — physically and emotionally challenging | The Arts Desk
New play about refugee camp life in Calais is a gruelling docu-drama
Manchester: Review: The Siege Of Christmas is a theatre experience for kids like none other | Manchester Evening News
STORIES
Immersive Roadblocks in LAHappy Place: shut down. Candytopia: postponed. What gives?noproscenium.com
Punchdrunk’s next great act | Wired
The immersive theatre company is hard at work on its next major production. And it’ll be quite unlike anything that’s gone before
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Is Secretive Virtual Reality Startup Magic Leap Dreaming Up the Future of Music? | Pitchfork
A first look at the billion-dollar company’s potentially game-changing collaboration with Sigur Rós
Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles | Rolling Stone: Glixel
Rony Abovitz talks with Glixel about the tech and ambitions behind new MR Goggles
The Magic Leap Butterfly Is Emerging, But Will It Fly? | Rolling Stone
A failure could hurt the whole industry
Magic Leap One: The fabled AR headset is real, and it’s coming in 2018 | CNET
Magic Leap reveals mixed reality goggles that can offer virtual theme park experiences, shipping in 2018 | Inside the Magic
‘Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire’ immersive virtual reality experience debuts from The Void at Walt Disney World | Inside the Magic
This is virtual reality like none other. You can’t replicate this experience at home.
“Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” virtual reality experience from The Void announced for Las Vegas, Glendale | Inside the Magic
Discover the Star Wars immersive experience at Westfield London | The Evening Standard
Become a stormtrooper and navigate enemy territory
Agency execs back BMB founder Andrew McGuinness’s theatrical experience launch | Campaign Live
Andrew McGuinness, co-founder of BMB, is setting up a theatre experience in east London next year, having raised £3m in funding from advertising and tech execs.
‘DODO’: Unveiled | BricolageBehind-the-scenes photos from the production
Exploring the Sixth Extinction through Immersive Theater | Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Maureen Rolla, director of strategic initiatives for the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, on ‘DODO’s influence
The 19 Best Plays And Musicals Of 2017 | Buzzfeed
Our 2018 Culture Predictions from leaders at HTC Vive, Barbican, Spotify & more | The Memo
A multi-sensory performance for babies | Cyprus Mail
’Cause That’s the Way Things Happen on the Polar Express | American Theatre
Playing a Steward in this immersive holiday show has been a moving experience — literally.
Wild Optimism: Behind the Success of the Kickstarter Escape Room in a Box | Room Escape Artist
Voices of VR Podcast Episode #605: Future of Mixed Reality Lightfields with Otoy | Voices of VR
Yelena Rachitsky on How Oculus is Re-defining Storytelling | VR Focus
Casting Announced for Florida Riverside Theatre’s Immersive THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD | Broadway World
Students from Tisch Drama and Game Design Partner to Build Performance Prototypes Using Technology | NYU
INTERVIEW: You’re invited to a James Joyce dinner party | Hollywood Soapbox
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