Immersive is on the road, again
What happened this week in immersive? A whole lotta XR news! ILMxLAB and Magic Leap dropped Star Wars: Project Porg; the high-end headset the Varjo VR-1 made waves in the XR community; and The History of the Future, an accounting of the modern resurgence of VR through the lens of Oculus was also released.
And as for us? This week in NoPro land we went everywhere from Prohibition-era New York state to snooping on a block association meeting to 1950s Havana to a 10-day LARP road trip where participants play a rock band on tour! Plus, a great interview with immersive theatre company Bricolage about all of their different access initiatives.
What else? There’s more — we’ll be bringing you coverage of the Immersive Design Summit this weekend on Twitter; follow @designimmersive for the scoop and join us on Patreon for early access to upcoming audio content.
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FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Chicago: Twelve Ophelias, a play with broken songs; Bad News
Columbus/Savannah, GA: Broken Bone Bathtub
Columbus, OH: Otherworld
DC: Spills
Denver: Aggregate Immateriality
LA: Captivated: You; US & Them & Me & You
Montreal: The Horrifically Real Virtuality; Somnambules
National: Road Trip
NYC: Future of Storytelling Story Arcade + Chained
SF: Underland
Troy, NY: The Prohibition Project: Illium Was
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REVIEWS
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
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“Created as a side project from the people behind the 2-time Golden Lock-In Award-winning company 13th Hour Escape Rooms, The Garage exemplified how escape rooms don’t require a complex, epic story to be entertaining and compelling. The Garage is a create game and it is for sale along with its lease.”
“If you visit San Antonio this August for the Escape Room Conference, don’t miss Extreme Escapes. The Cursed impressed us with a detailed environment, a solid puzzle game, and one hell of a moment. Extreme Escape sold us on the place, the story, and our role within it.”
“Do you wish you could play an escape room with friends who live across the world? Now you can.”
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Take a 'Trip' Down Route 66 with the 'Road Trip' LARP (Q&A)Claus Raasted (CR): Ouch. That's a tough one. One of the tricky things about doing what we do is that there's no much…noproscenium.comMixing Real Life and Digital Personas with ‘Block Association Project’ (Q&A)Exploring our offline and online identities in a new workshop project with Michael Rau and Michael Yates Crowleynoproscenium.comBrenna Geffers of Die-Cast Conjures Immersive Worlds (Q&A)An interview with the Philly-based director and theatre-makernoproscenium.comTake a Trip to the Tropicana with ‘Carmen: To Havana & Back’ (Q&A)An interview with Kaitana Magno of Variety Life Productionsnoproscenium.comahha Tulsa Dives Into 'THE EXPERIENCE' (Q&A) - No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything ImmersiveDr. Amber Litwack (AL): I feel fortunate to say that my entire professional career has been in the arts. I've worked as…noproscenium.comHow Bricolage Strives to Make Immersive Theatre More Accessible (Q&A)An interview with Fred Frances, Jackie Baker, and Tami Dixonnoproscenium.comMagic LeapBy combining these playful creations with Magic Leap One’s ability to give characters awareness and of their presence…www.magicleap.comThe New RealityThe tale below was originally written in the form of a foreword to Mike Pell’s first book, Envisioning Holograms…medium.comSheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary FestivalWith thanks to support from Arts Council England, Site Gallery and British Council, we are offering £20,000 for an…sheffdocfest.comThe Varjo VR-1: Everything You Need To Know About The Highest-End VR Headset In The WorldSince its announcement in 2017, Varjo has become one of the most discussed VR startups on the planet — fundraising…www.forbes.comThe best VR display I’ve ever seen costs only $6,000If you’ve ever felt like VR headsets weren’t high-res enough, I’m here to tell you I’ve seen the solution. I’ve finally…www.cnet.comWould You Pay $6,000 for Vision-Quality VR?Parked in a Berlin platz at night, the concept car gleams, city lights dancing off its sinuous lines. I crouch down…www.wired.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
“Does this puzzle spark joy?”
From Michael Anderson of ARGN:
“It’s increasingly looking like Tender Beta is an alternate reality game for the Vampire: the Masquerade franchise, centered around a very fictional and very creepy online dating platform. A live event is planned for February 23rd in NYC.”
“Subtext is an SMS-based alternate reality game that has one of the best free demos I’ve seen out of a game, giving you a taste of the full $6 experience. If you can spare 5 minutes, spare it for this.”
“There’s a new ARG podcast in town called the ARGonauts, that plays digital archaeologist with old alternate reality games to see how much they can piece together on their own. The first episode covers 2008 cult hit ‘This Is My Milwaukee.’”
From Kent Bye of the Voices of VR podcast:
Voices of VR PodcastTenderclaws debuted The Under experience at Sundance that features live immersive actors from the Piehole theater…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastColum Slevin is Facebook/Oculus' Head of Experiences, and I had a chance to talk about how they're supporting…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastDisney Animation was showing Cycles , which is their first narrative VR short film that they produced during private…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastTraveling While Black is the most powerful piece of virtual reality that I've ever seen. Director Roger Ross Williams…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastI moderated this 90-minute Sundance New Frontier panel discussion about immersive storytelling in AR and the role of…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR PodcastDisclosure: Mozilla is financially sponsoring the Voices of VR podcast to collaborate on four different events in 2019…voicesofvr.comVoices of VR Podcast"The History of the Future" book was published on February 19th, and it's a storified non-fiction account of the modern…voicesofvr.com
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