Immersive is ringing a bell
It’s another jam-packed week in Immersive-Land! Lots of VR news coming out of GDC as well as what titles will be available on Oculus Quest, as well as the announcement of the Oculus Rift S, an incremental update to the original Rift. The Guardian asked if actors are needed to make theatre; Artnet News asked how experiential exhibits affect the future of museums; and Fast Company asked a bunch of leading tech companies about the future of augmented reality.
Meanwhile, at NoPro, we reviewed a remote ARG about a kidnapping victim and tried our hand at a hyper-reality horror experience mixing VR and immersive theatre, as well as uploading the start of our SXSW videos, and interviewing the creators behind two very different one-on-one experiences.
Plus: a trip down to Baltimore to interview the fine folks behind Submersive Productions.
All that and more, below.
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Managing Editor Kathryn Yu goes on the road to Baltimore for a conversation with four of the folks at Submersive Productions: co-artistic directors Glenn Ricci and Ursula Marcum, as well as artistic associates Susan Stroupe and Lisi Stoessel.
Join us as we dig into topics like their devising process, making open world shows, the care and feeding of the audience, telling history “at a slant,” getting the audience to feel complicit during a piece, focusing on diversity and inclusion while making immersive work, and making their productions more accessible.
We discuss their past shows such as The Mesmeric Revelations of Edgar Allan Poe; H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos, Astonishing Acquisitions from the Perisphere; their episodic series The Institute of Visionary History which included an eight-hour durational performance called A Horse By the Tail in the Night; plus their upcoming movement-based large-scale participatory piece MASS/RABBLEwhich is coming April 3–14 to the Baltimore War Memorial.
SAVE THE DATE
Our own Noah J. Nelson will be giving a talk at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books happening April 13–14 on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California.
Check out The Art of Presence: Into an Immersive Future at 12pm on April 14. Tickets are free.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Dallas: Candytopia
Garden City, NY: Words Like Fresh Skin
Las Vegas: Our Town
NYC: White Death; Beneath the Gavel
Remote: Moonlight Serenade
SF: Three Story; Within These Walls/Dreams of Flight
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REVIEWS
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The Tom Sawyer Effect Terrifies in ‘The Incubus’ (Review)The virtual reality-immersive theatre horror piece ups the antenoproscenium.com‘Subtext’ Puts Someone Else’s Life in Your Hands (Review)An alternate reality experience where you save a kidnapping victim…remotelynoproscenium.com
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STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
SXSW 2019 HubGet all of our coverage from this year’s conferencenoproscenium.comChris Bobotis Talks VR and Storytelling at SXSW (Video)We interview the Director of Immersive at Adobenoproscenium.com‘Immersive Marketing: Beyond the Instagram Palace’ (Video)A SXSW panel featuring Taylor Katai, Justin Fix, Niyia Mack, and Dasha Kittredgenoproscenium.comJessica Brillhart Discusses ‘Traverse’ at SXSW 2019 (Video)The spatial audio platform from Vrai premiered in Austin this monthnoproscenium.comBespoke Experience ‘Impression’ Wants Participants to Reflect (Q&A)An interview with Alyssa Kim and Victor Carinhanoproscenium.comConnect with A Single Stranger at a Time in ‘Between Us’ (Q&A)An interview with Charlie Miller of Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Off-Centernoproscenium.comDisney Parks Attraction Creators Compare Crafting Video Games With Real-World ExperiencesBuilding a playful, inviting experience in a Disney theme park is far from easy, and it's also surprisingly similar to…variety.comVR Theater Submissions - SIGGRAPH 2019Share your work. The Call for Submissions is open. Learn More Be part of SIGGRAPH's VR Theater, where immersive…s2019.siggraph.orgSony's 'Dreams' aims to inspire creators everywhere, and has found a home in the theaterDeveloper Media Molecule is setting the stage for a new way to play video games. Its latest project, , is a game about…www.newsweek.comGDC 2019: Beat Saber Will Be An Oculus Quest Launch Title - VRScoutShare TweetVR's best-selling title is confirmed for release on the upcoming standalone headset. This years…vrscout.com'Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series' Heads To Star Wars Celebration This April - VRScoutShare TweetEpisode one of the series is set launch later this year on the Oculus Quest. It's been roughly five months…vrscout.comOculus Takes One Giant Half-Step With the 'Rift S' HeadsetTwo years and 357 days ago, the current age of virtual reality began in earnest. That was the day-March 28, 2016-that…www.wired.comThe really empty space: do you need actors to make theatre?From Enda Walsh's disembodied voices to a Royal Court escape room, experimental theatre is being made without…www.theguardian.comAs Museums Fall in Love With 'Experiences,' Their Core Missions Face Redefinition | artnet NewsRemember around 10 years ago, when "curate" became the mot du jour, descending from the ivory tower of museums and…news.artnet.comWhy AR/VR Developers Should Prioritize Accessibility in UI/UX Design8 ways to grow your market share, instill consumer trust, and gain a competitive edge through accessible design.medium.comAugmented reality when? We asked Magic Leap, Facebook, Google, and moreToday, most of us see the internet on some variation of an opaque rectangular screen. Think of them as little digital…www.fastcompany.com'Rocketeer' scribe Danny Bilson to lead USC GamesAs someone who has spent the bulk of his career moving between the worlds of cinema and interactive entertainment and…www.latimes.com#SXSW2019 — Feeling Real Sensations in Virtual RealityThe world of Ready Player One might be a lot closer than we think. At South by Southwest, Tech Trends checks out the…medium.com
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