Immersive is out here getting loose
Immersive-land never ever stands still. So what happened this week? A bunch of old emails leaked about Mark Zuckerberg’s intentions to acquire Unity back in 2015 as a way to dominate the AR/VR market; Wired also declared augmented reality the next big thing; Paramount Pictures’ resident futurist Ted Schilowitz also said in Forbes that mixed reality will actually be the main attraction in an XR world; some folks in London announced a huge walkthrough immersive horror attraction in a purpose-built-for-immersive space.
Meanwhile, here in NoPro land, our writers here have been out in the field going from gritty boxing arenas to the depths of Hell to the hills of Fair Verona, taking in a variety of immersive theatre shows this past week as well.
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Seasons change, time passes, friends move away… or up the street.
Think Tank Gallery is moving from its home at 939 Maple, the site of many a memory for immersive LA, to a new space at the edge of the Arts District and Little Tokyo. We get together with Jacob Patterson of Think Tank in the podcast studio at the Old Tank one last time to reminisce, talk about ongoing relations with the city of LA, and what’s next for Think Tank.
Content Advisory: we curse. As we often do.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Denver: Love Potion №13: A Puzzle Event
Houston: Uncharted
LA: F(ord Focus); Dream Study #114 (Remount); I Like Scary Movies
Minneapolis: Sing Your Heart Out
NYC: Nocturnes; Block Association Project; Passengers; A Sound of Light, appearing around the bend
Philadelphia: Into the Mural; Kitchen Chronicles
Remote: The Aluminum Cat
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Time Travel Through Punk with ‘The Cold Record’ (Review)Rude Mechs’ Kirk Lynn takes us back through an interactive storytelling experiencenoproscenium.comBringing Fair Verona To Marin County: ‘Romeo & Juliet,’ Immersive-Style (The NoPro Review)A charming first foray into immersive by Mill Valley’s Throckmorton Theatrenoproscenium.comStepping into Hell: Sartre’s ‘No Exit’ (Review)Noisy Nest’s adaptation makes an interesting choice that doesn’t quite work.noproscenium.comA Stunning Knock-Out with ‘Fight Night’ (The NoPro Review)Get ready to rumble at Exit Productions’ newest immersive productionnoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
“Split-team and puzzle-focused, PanIQ Room’s Jailbreak was an old-school prison-break game. A few flow jolting moments notwithstanding, it was a clever, traditional, puzzle-focused escape room with plenty to enjoy.”
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Facebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claimsLess than a year after making a $3 billion investment into the future of virtual reality with the purchase of Oculus…techcrunch.comTraveling Halo Fan Experience Will Feature Competitive Location-Based VR - VRScoutShare TweetFight like alongside fellow Spartans in a PvP experience based on the historic franchise. As fans of the…vrscout.comWith Magic Leap, your entertainment may get real weird real quickAt the Sundance Film Festival, I unintentionally slayed a rat in a child's bedroom, summoning experimental pop star…www.cnet.comAll Things Pass. Only Vision Persists.What is the appropriate reaction when you discover your words became a small part of history, and maybe influenced the…vjarmy.comSundance VR: The 2019 Festival Showed That the Future Is Not Passive ViewingIn this essay by a member of MIT's Comparative Media Studies program, a look at how the festival's VR offerings provide…www.indiewire.comWhy MR Is The Main Attraction In An XR WorldAs a reader of this column, I suspect you know I am releasing a new AR-enabled book, Convergence, How The World Will Be…www.forbes.comAR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform-Call It MirrorworldEvery December, Adam Savage-star of the TV show MythBusters-releases a video reviewing his " favorite things" from the…www.wired.comLondon is getting a 35-floor purpose-built immersive theatre spaceFrom a live jury in Justice Syndicate to audience protestors in Vault Festival's Counting Sheep - Londoners can't get…www.standard.co.ukImmersive Theatre with Tim Grieveson | BlogWe connect, promote and support creative individuals and organisations from across the South Yorkshire region.sheffieldcreativeguild.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
“Red herrings are one of the oldest and strangest debates in escape rooms.This is an unusual hot-button issue because there isn’t even consensus as to what constitutes a red herring in an escape room. In this piece, we explore different types of red herrings.”
From Kent Bye of the Voices of VR podcast:
“I had a chance to see the preview of Tenderclaw’s VR piece in Park City during Sundance that features live immersive theater actors from Piehole, and then discuss some of the lessons learned from this very ambitious fusion of immersive theater and virtual reality.”
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