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Hey folks! A ton of immersive happenings this week. This week on the site: we had interviews and reviews and features coming in from the areas of live action role play, interactive apps, immersive theatre, alternate reality experiences, plus a peek behind the scenes at Third Rail Projects’ piece at Burning Man. (What?!)
NoPro sent out a huge, huge North American newsletter this past week, as well as a huge LA newsletter for Spooky Season and put up a special Spooky Season LA Now Playing page.
By the way, just announced: our own Noah Nelson will be giving a speech at the Denver Immersive Summit in November. Plus, some exciting Immersive Design Summit news!
Check it all out below.
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IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT
We are thrilled to announce that the next set of speakers at the Immersive Design Summit in 2019 will be the team behind The Tension Experience, The Lust Experience, and Theatre Macabre. Gracing our stage in San Francisco will be Darren Lynn Bousman, Clint Sears, and Gordon Bijelonic.
In addition to The Experiences, this trio has teamed up to craft an immersive birthday party for Neil Patrick Harris and is working right now with the Russo brothers to launch a new immersive attraction in Las Vegas. Come check them out first at The Immersive Design Summit in San Francisco, this February 22nd and 23rd, 2019!
Applications to attend the Immersive Design Summit go live on October 18 and stay open until November 15. Pricing will be announced on October 18.
Here also is another video from 2018 Immersive Design Summit, where Mikhael Tara Garver spoke to us about Casting the Audience.
We’ll have even more videos from the first Immersive Design Summit on YouTube in the coming weeks. Don’t forget to like and subscribe! You can find us here on YouTube, and stay in touch via Twitter and Instagram for the latest announcements.
Want to make sure a friend or colleague is in the know? Make sure to send them to our official web site and have them sign up for our Alert List. We’ll see you in San Francisco in February!
NYC: SAVE THE DATE!
Our friends at Room Escape Artist will be giving a talk in Manhattan on October 17 and hosting their fall meetup:
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
From NYC: Kathryn Yu talks with Carlo D’Amore, founder of interactive theatre company Live In Theater, about their latest work, the Nordic LARP influenced This Is When We Rest. Carlo is a Drama Desk Nominated director and he and LIT have been re-imagining the mystery genre since 2009.
This year he was part of the Interactive PlayLab’s Deep Dive team in Austin.
Meanwhile, in LA: Noah is on Tylenol with codeine. Uh oh.
Also: be sure to check out this week’s edition of Everything Immersive This Week when it hits the front page. Always a doozy! And follow us on The Gram!
To learn more about Deep Dive Austin and the SimuLife project, check out our previous podcast interviews with Bryan Bishop and Jeff Wirth.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
ARX: Crossed Wires; #NOFILTER
Baltimore, MD: The Institute of Visionary History and the Archives of the Deep Now: Episodes 2–6
Boston, MA / Lexington, KY / Nashville, TN: Escape the Lost Pyramid
Denver: First, Do No Harm; Denver Immersive Summit
Hattiesburg, MS: London Exposed
LA: In Another Room (2018); 49 Boxes (Remount); Limbo Lounge; Death and Cockroaches; Snow Fridge; Moonglow — The First Wolf Trail Experience; Immersive Performance: Empathy, Trust, & the Nervous System (Workshop)
Maryland: Broken Bone Bathtub Tour
Miami: Jay Jackson Immersive Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN: The Beldenville Troll; DANGER ROUSSE; Second Skin
Pittsburgh: Hollow Moon
St. Louis, MO: A Shakespeare Immersive Theatre Premiere
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Toronto: If On a Christmas Night; The Medium
REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
It’s The End of the World As We Know It with ‘This is When We Rest’ (A NoPro Adventure)Live In Theater’s latest mixes roleplaying, interactive theatre, and a meteor about to hit Earthnoproscenium.comMemory and Monsters: Shine On Collective Brings A Classic Tale Alive (The NoPro Review)The LA area company gets down to what they do bestnoproscenium.comOz Forever: With ‘The Witch,’ LA’s Speakeasy Society Ties Up Loose Threads (The NoPro Review)Diving into Chapter 6 of the Kansas Collectionnoproscenium.com‘This is a Distraction’ Toys with Reality, But Leaves the Fourth Wall Intact (Review)Two new experimental new works from Exquisite Corpse Company flirt with immersivenoproscenium.comAbducted Into An ‘Alien Nation’ (Review)Pass the popcorn and enjoy this existential millennial sci-fi thrillernoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
From around the web:
We tried out the new, Instagram-friendly wndr museum, now open in the West LoopReview: Wndr museum in Chicago. The new museum created with phones and selfies in mind is now open and tickets are…www.chicagotribune.comThe Existential Void of the Pop-Up 'Experience'Critic's Notebook I went to as many Instagramable "museums," "factories" and "mansions" as I could. They nearly broke…www.nytimes.comDivine Proportions review: This fabulous female-led immersive dining experienceThis fabulous female-led immersive dining experience will have you coming back for seconds It's 8pm and I'm already…www.timeout.com
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
Pulling Aside The Dust Bowl Curtain On ‘Medicine Show’ (NoPro Notes)Behind the scenes of Third Rail Projects’ elusive experiment at Burning Man.noproscenium.comNew House. New Mysteries. A Quick Chat With The Creators of LA’s ‘In Another Room (2018)’ (Q&A)It’s happening again…noproscenium.comPlaying with the Bard: ‘R+J’ Takes a Stab at Interactive Shakespeare (NoPro Notes)We give IKantKoan Games’ Fringe Festival interactive a spinnoproscenium.comTools of the Trade: Mysteries and SecretsHow immersive creators can layer additional meaning in their worknoproscenium.comOculus Quest is a new, $399 standalone VR headset shipping next yearOculus has announced its new headset, the Oculus Quest: a $399 standalone virtual reality headset that's launching in…www.theverge.comReflector Entertainment To Introduce 'Unknown 9' Transmedia Universe at New York Comic-ConReflector Entertainment has announced its " Unknown 9" franchise, and will host an experiential showcase introducing…variety.com'Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series' Launches On Oculus Quest 2019 - VRScoutShare TweetEpisode one of the three-part interactive series lands on the upcoming standalone headset sometime next…vrscout.comAcross China: "Immersive" exhibitions become hot trend in China - Xinhua | English.news.cnSHENYANG, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) - When you first put on the VR headset, you're suddenly immersed in a gray and decaying…www.xinhuanet.comAn Immersive, Pac-Man Inspired Escape Maze Is Coming to SydneyThe team behind Lego-inspired pop-up The Brick Bar is bringing a real-life Pac-Man-themed escape maze to Australia next…www.broadsheet.com.auWhat hedgehog cafes in Japan taught me about experience designMaking a meaningful life, business, creative practice, or retirement involves challenges and breakthroughs. Join MEA…mailchi.mp
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Interesting & Boring Escape Room Themes [Design Tips] - Room Escape ArtistPut too many escape room enthusiasts in one place for too long and inevitably someone asks: What escape room themes are…roomescapeartist.comThe Best Horror Escape Rooms to Visit near New York City this Halloween Season - Room Escape ArtistThe metro New York City area offers a lot of great escape rooms. If you're looking for a fright this Halloween season…roomescapeartist.comThe Best Horror Escape Rooms to Visit near Los Angeles this Halloween Season - Room Escape ArtistLos Angeles offers many varieties of horror experiences. If you're looking for horror in escape rooms this Halloween…roomescapeartist.com
From Laura E. Hall, author and escape room/puzzle designer:
“I designed the puzzle game/dessert course described here:
“Christina Wodtkeshares a fantastic primer of big ideas from game design, all of which are helpful for people working in immersive. Absolutely jam-packed with good stuff!”
From Michael Anderson, ARGN.com:
“YouTube theorist MatPat (Game Theorists, Film Theorists) ran a merch-driven puzzle trail a few weeks back, and it looks like he’s back for another round. A mini-puzzle round that went live today (9/29) laid out the structure of things to come for prospective solvers.”
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