Everything Immersive This Week (11/23/2019)
What a week!
This was a shockingly busy week for us here at NoPro with ten brand new reviews (!!!) hitting the site along with the usual assortment of newswire updates and features. And truth be told: we’re not really slowing down.
The month ahead is going to see some real fun break out here across the site, and we’re giddy to get going.
With that in mind, let’s get to it!
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
How did we get so lucky?
Last week we sat down with Ben Snow (director of ‘Vader Immortal’), Alyssa Finley (producer Ep. II and III), and John Nguyen (design director, Ep. III) of the ILMxLAB and Colum Slevin head of media in the AR/VR experiences team at Oculus to talk about Vader Immortal Episode III, the final chapter of the series.
We dig into what the team has learned across the arc of three episodes, and so much more.
Plus: two Noah rants. Woof.
BONUS EPISODE: Edward Saatchi of Fable Studio on Virtual Beings
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
NYC: Murder Mystery Experience (New Date), BITTER SWEET, It’s a Mediocre Life, Internment, OPEN STUDIO at the cell, The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America, Cocktail Party Social Experiment, A Christmas Carol
Philadelphia: STEM Femmes, The Fleecing
Toronto: The Nonna Monologues / I monologhi della Nonna, Here are the Fragments.
Winston-Salem, NC: Alice in Winston-land
Chicago: Incomplete Conversations
LA: The Poetry Brothel — Holiday Office Party, Enchanted: Forest of Light, Zoo Lights
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
STORIES
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
When we visited Detroit in August of 2019 we found an escape room market on the rise… and it was truly exciting to behold. We’re looking forward to seeing where Detroit is heading!
From Kent Bye of the Voices of VR podcast:
The Under Presents launched this week on the Quest, and I rounded up the coverage in this Twitter thread starting with my interview with Tender Claws unpacking their experiential design process. There’s a four-month initial run with live actors, and I’m hoping this piece can find enough support from the theater, storytelling, indie art crowd to make a statement to the Oculus brass that we need more of these types of narrative experiments. It’s a bit of a miracle this type of experimental piece was funded by Oculus, and I’d personally love to see a lot more of it in the future.
THE DISCOURSE
Discussions and posts from Everything Immersive, Twitter and our Slack:
Emerge, a Los Angeles, CA-based company that is building a platform that enables users to feel and share immersive content with bare hands, closed a $12M Series A funding round. — via Tommy Honton on the NoPro Slack
E.I. member Jaden Andrea posted an early essay of hers about multi-sensory design.
A book club thread at E.I. by experience designer Mark Harris about The Vatican to Vegas: A History of Special Effects.
A conversation thread at E.I. about “when is intense too intense” and the use of safewords.
Not to get political, but here’s Elizabeth Warren in an escape room. Scrap the debates, this is how we should pick candidates.
NOW FUNDING
A Profound Waste of Time
I’m writing the cover story for the second issue of beautiful art and games magazine A Profound Waste of Time, which just launched its Kickstarter and can use your support. — Laura E. Hall of Timberview Productions
Zombie Bus London® — Immersive VR & Live Actor Experience
Horror, tension and dead good fun! Be the first in London to try this truly terrifying and cutting edge experience. Will you survive?
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs, Grants, Gigs, and more
NYC: Artistic Director and Founder of Poseidon Theatre Company: Aaron Salazar (Featured in The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, No Proscenium, Immersion Nation, Xlive.com, Playbill.com & TimeOut New York) curates this unique workshop at the Wildrence performance space.
Denver — Alt Ethos
Alt Ethos is not just looking for talent, we are seeking like-minded dedicated creators who see the possibility of making a difference through connections and engagement using creative technology. At Alt Ethos, it is our passion and curiosity that binds us. We are creating the public spaces of the future, envisioning immersive entertainment, and reimagining event design. Alt Ethos is looking for those that will help us make our way into the world market. Alt Ethos is an equal opportunity employer.
Apply at www.news.altethos.com/careers -Via Everything Immersive
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