Stage Design - THA 210

There has been an implementation of VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) into immersive theater happening globally, and in many ways. According to an article from AMT, The immersive entertainment industry as a whole was reported as being valued at more than" $60 billion dollars in 2019, with immersive theater contributing just over $28 million dollars to the total".

One of the leaders of VR integration with immersive theater is the National Theatre in London. The National Theater has performed a VR musical adaption of "Alice in Winderland", but titled it "Wonder.land" by Damon Albarn. More recently, however, in 2019, the National Theatre received a Sundance nomination for its VR production of “All Kinds of Limbo” by Raffy Bushman and Nubiya Brandon.

According to another AMT page, AI websites such as DALL-E and Midjourney open up "endless possibilities for designers to draw inspiration from". In the HowlRound article also cited in the AMT page, Foresee provides an example of how powerful AI tools can be. In the article, Foresee feeds the following prompt from a script he’s worked on, “the mysterious Fairyland, whose moon glimmers and dewdrops rest on the forested grasses.” DALL-E produces four frames of aesthetic possibilities for Foresee to draw inspiration from. This can be an effective way to use artificial intelligence.

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse