Immersive Design Summit announcements, Meow Wolf’s new app, a wild ARG, news from The VOID/ILMxLAB, and more
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It’s been another busy week here in immersive-land. The VOID/ILMxLAB announced their five (!) upcoming projects will leverage IP from both Disney and Marvel, starting with Wreck-It Ralph. Our friends over at the Future of Storytelling Festival announced the finalists for the FoST Prize. A hearty congratulations to HBO, Giant Spoon, and Mycotoo who won an Emmy for their work on #SXSWestworld. Meow Wolf dropped an unexpected surprise into the Google Play Store and Apple App Stores: an AR app that works both within and outside of the House of Eternal Return.
And over at No Proscenium, we’ve got reviews coming in from LA, NYC, Paris, and London this week, with much much more on the way as Spooky Season starts off with a bang. And the fine folks over at Room Escape Artist reviewed both the Edison Room in San Francisco and Stash House in LA.
We’ve also been playing a very mysterious alternate reality game with ARGN which involves a YouTube vlogger, a missing persons case, a mysterious comic book company, a man who may or may not be a superhero, and a Telex machine (what?). It’s all set to culminate in something at New York Comic Con, so count us intrigued.
And lucky for us, the great David Wally of Mycotoo came on the podcast to talk about his work on immersive marketing activations like Blade Runner 2049, #SXSWestworld, and The Inkhole, as well as his background in film, theme parks, and haunts.
Oh, what else? Just some Immersive Design Summit news.
You can find all this and much more below…
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IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT NEWS
In 2018, the Immersive Design Summit brought together some of the leading creators in the immersive arts to share thoughts and ideas, creating new friendships and inspiring new projects.
We’re happy to announce our home for the next Immersive Design Summit will be the lovely Swedish American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. We’ll be taking over the entire venue on February 22–23, 2019. We can’t wait to meet you there!
Applications to attend the Immersive Design Summit go live on October 18 and stay open until November 15. People from underrepresented backgrounds will be especially encouraged to apply. We’ll also announce pricing on October 18.
Stay tuned for more announcements in the coming months, including speakers and sign up for the email list at immersivedesignsummit.com.
For a small taste of what the summit is about, watch this video (and please like and share):
Non-Linear Storytelling — Lauren Ludwig, Capital W — Immersive Design Summit (2018)
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
David Wally, Chief Creative Officer of Mycotoo — the design firm that collaborated with marketing agency Giant Spoon on the SXSWestworld and InkHole activations — joins us to talk origin stories: of the Westworld activation, Mycotoo, and his own journey from filmmaker to theme park and immersive designer. Oh, and he’s ALSO the director of the annual Dark Harbor haunt at the Queen Mary to boot.
Get ready for a deep dive.
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Los Angeles: American Contemporary Ballet Presents: Burlesque & Inferno; Wicked Lit: The Chimes & The Corpse; Immersive Interactive workshop series; Bar of Dreams Adventure Series: Red
Provincetown, MA: Menagerie of Angels
Saratoga, NY: All Hallows’ Eve Dracula Masquerade
SF: Journey to the End of the Night 2018; The Changeling: A Neverland Story; Between Two Worlds: A Wonderland Story; Carnival of Memories: A Wonderland Story
REVIEWS
Our own, from our friends at Room Escape Artist, and from around the web!
‘Rochester, 1996’ Pushes Boundaries You Don’t Expect (Deep Dive)Capital W and DryCræft Los Angeles’ show is a master class in using immersive theatre to strengthen a story.noproscenium.comSolving a Murder in the Stacks with ‘Dead Quiet’ (Review)ImmerCity’s interactive experience comes to life in Kensington Central Librarynoproscenium.comHamlet on the Seine: ‘Château d’Helsingør’ (Review)Le Secret presents an open-world version of Hamlet in Parisnoproscenium.comRediscovering the Palette of NYC in a ‘Color Factory’ (Review)The San Francisco-born selfie museum lands in Sohonoproscenium.comStash House A Los Angeles Crime Story - Room Escape Artist💵💵💵💵💵💵🚽 Location: Los Angeles, CA Date Played: August 25, 2018 Team size: 4-11; we recommend 5-7 Duration: 90…roomescapeartist.comPalace Games - The Edison Escape Room [Review] - Room Escape Artist💡34,000 Location: San Francisco, CA Date Played: August 20, 2018 Team size: 4-8; we recommend 5-7 Duration: 100…roomescapeartist.comThe VOID's new demonic VR experience is one of the creepiest things you can do this HalloweenThe virtual-reality company that transported us to Darth Vader's base in Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire and let us…www.timeout.com
STORIES
From our Twitter feed, our friends at Room Escape Artist, and the Everything Immersive community
11 Principles of Tabletop Escape Game Design — Room Escape ArtistWe’ve played a ton of tabletop escape games over the past few years. Some were play-at-home escape games. Others were…roomescapeartist.comVote for Escape Rooms with 10Best - Room Escape ArtistFor the third year is a row, USA Today has opened the voting for their Readers' Choice 10Best escape rooms. We see USA…roomescapeartist.comA Tale of Two Trailheads: Charity Kong and the Golden Age ConspiracyIn Seattle, a jodhpur-clad man wanders into a Seattle corner shop, using strips of gold foil as currency in order to…www.argn.comCharity Case FilesChronicling the evolving narrative of Charity Kong, Stupefying Yarns, and Brian Diffracted.charitycasefiles.tumblr.comExclusive: The Void announces new Disney and Marvel hyper-reality experiencesThe Void, an entertainment company that uses a mix of virtual reality, augmented reality, and sensory elements like…www.fastcompany.comAnomaly Tracker | Meow WolfAnomalies have entered the House of Eternal Return at Meow Wolf Santa Fe. Can you find them all? Something has happened…meowwolf.comCreating Immersive À La Carte Storytelling With VR - VRScoutShare TweetEntertainment industry heavyweights partner up to bring epic Renaissance plot to room-scale VR. Michael…vrscout.comFuture of StoryTelling | Reinventing the way stories are toldReinventing the way stories are toldReinventing the way stories are toldfutureofstorytelling.orgSecret Cinema has created a new way to experience film, says founder Fabien RiggallSecret Cinema has turned the experience of watching films into a social event, by transporting viewers into the worlds…www.dezeen.com13 Immersive Things — claymation games, AI theatre, VR/AR escape rooms, enchanted objects and more…September edition of our monthly round-up of immersive thingsmedium.comUp Close and VirtualVirtual reality offers exciting theatrical opportunities for an audience to experience the nuances of a performance…medium.comReality & VRThe challenges of a new performance mediummedium.comIn Santa Fe, searching for a ghost and finding enchantmentSeptember 14 at 8:00 AM Most visitors to Santa Fe, N.M., come to immerse themselves in the city's internationally…www.washingtonpost.comBuilding Meow Wolf's Magic KingdomOne afternoon this spring, I was exploring the dim, salmon-pink kitchen inside the Meow Wolf collective's first…story.californiasunday.comPerspective | Inside the fantastical world of live-action role playingWhat is LARP? It is an acronym for live-action role playing, a phenomenon inspired by fantasy board games, films…www.washingtonpost.com
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