The immersive train never stops running. This week in immersive, Columbia University School of the Arts held their annual Digital Dozen — Breakthroughs in Storytelling awards. No Man’s Sky announced an upcoming VR version, where players will be able to explore the game’s procedurally generated deterministic open world universe, which includes over 18 quintillion planets. PSVR announced that its revenue was nearing $2 billion. Meanwhile Magic Leap’s Game of Thrones experience is hitting select AT&T stores across the nation. Color us very jealous.
Over here at NoPro, we experienced living in someone’s mouth, the worlds of our favorite scary movies, the world of a 1980s soundtrack, and the reality of the human experience. And interviewed a host of creators working on fascinating projects: a multi-sensory WWI experience in VR, a moving concert in an abandoned subway tunnel, a David Lynch-inspired housewarming party, and so much more.
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Co-creators Christoff Visscher (Cantrip Candles) and Spencer Williams (Walk The Night) join host Noah Nelson to talk about their new collaboration Tales By Candlelight. This scent guided storytelling experience mixes the best of tabletop roleplaying with an olfactory journey to create an artifact of a place that never was. A place drawn from your imagination.
Join us on the trip.
Also: if you’re in LA this month don’t miss our talk at the LA Times Festival of Books or LEIA’s Immersive Intensive.
(Plus Noah rambles on about whatever at the end of the show.)
LA: SAVE THE DATE!
LA: LEIA Office HoursLet’s get a drink. Maybe some pizza from across the way.noproscenium.comLA: The Art of Presence: Into an Immersive Future (Talk)Our own Noah J. Nelson speaks at the LA Times Festival of Booksnoproscenium.comLA: Immersive Intensive (LEIA)LEIA Education presents: Immersive Intensive- a full day immersive workoutnoproscenium.com
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
DC: Into the Light
LA: EmbodyMove; Formerly Alien: 2069; Bar of Dreams
Phoenix: Native Nation
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
‘RE-LEASE’ Reflects a Human Experience (Review)Meredith Treinen’s collaborative show dives into gender, race, and sexualitynoproscenium.comFlashback in ‘For the Record: The Brat Pack’ (Review)LA’s Koreatown has a portal to Shermer, Illinois, circa 1986noproscenium.comInsta-Friendly ‘I Like Scary Movies’ Slashes Its Way Into LA (Review)Ultra Productions’ new experience has real passion for its horror movie subjectsnoproscenium.com‘I want to live in your mouth.’ Makes Childhood Horrors Real (The NoPro Review)David Ruzicka and Eric Vosmeier’s immersive show is a creepy, nightmarish, good timenoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
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“Incoming Transmission at Perplexium in Austin, TX was a sprawling space epic in the vein of Star Trek that tinkered with the escape room formula and offered replayability.”
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Attend a Lynch-ian Housewarming Party in ‘Rainier Falls’ (Q&A)Harlow Fowler is holding a crowdfunding campaign to stage a new immersive productionnoproscenium.comA Movable Concert with ‘Into the Light’ (Q&A)DC’s Choral Arts takes over the Dupont Underground in a new site-specific programnoproscenium.comCreating an Immersive Memory with ‘War Remains’ (Q&A)MWM Immersive’s Ethan Stearns answers our questions about the new WWI VR experiencenoproscenium.comWriting History Through an Immersive Lens in ‘Wynwood Stories’ (Q&A)We speak to playwright Juan C. Sanchez of Juggerknot Theatre Companynoproscenium.comRecommendations on VR Environmental Design (Part 2)More insights from experts in architecture, retail, interior design, and hospitalitymedium.comThis week in tech history: Three years of Oculus figuring out VRThe Rift's launch capped a whirlwind three years that started with the release of the first Rift developer kit, which…www.engadget.comNo Man's Sky in VR feels like a whole new gameI've played well over a hundred hours of No Man's Sky since the game first debuted in 2016. I've touched down on…www.theverge.comInside the Game of Thrones Magic Leap ExperienceAT&T and HBO have teamed up to showcase props and costumes from Game of Thrones at flagship stores across the country…winteriscoming.netNo Man's Sky Beyond - Virtual Reality - No Man's SkyHello Everyone, We're very excited to be able to tell you more about No Man's Sky: Beyond. A major free update coming…www.nomanssky.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
“April 10th is the last day to book tickets for Escape, Immerse, Explore: The Palace! Don’t miss this incredible event.”
Last Chance To Book Escape, Immerse, Explore: The Palace - Room Escape ArtistIt's getting to be that time folks. We're down to the last few tickets to our brand new tour Escape, Immerse, Explore…roomescapeartist.comInside ‘Escape, Immerse, Explore’ with Room Escape Artist (Q&A)The co-founders of the popular escape room blog talk about their upcoming toursnoproscenium.com
From Michael Anderson of ARGN:
“Who is the random player in the escape room? Is it you?”
From Laura E. Hall of Timberview Productions:
“Games folks: do you have scripts/script sections/narrative design documents/pitches/game design documents/narrative structures that you’re allowed to share? IGDA (International Game Developers Association) is compiling a library of resources to help educate designers:”
From Lance Weiler of the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab:
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