Theatre projects among recipients of £1m virtual reality funding programme
Site-specific theatre company Dante or Die is among the recipients of £1 million in government funding to create new immersive experiences in areas including theatre, gaming, film and TV.
Funding was awarded to 32 projects as part of the government’s Audience of the Future initiative, which aims to make the UK a world leader in new technologies such as virtual reality.
Dante or Die and another organisation, Marmelo Limited, have been awarded £43,541 to experiment with new ways of bringing site-specific theatre to a wider audience, including through using a virtual reality headset or a smartphone.
Other theatre-related projects include the University of Portsmouth and Limbik Theatre’s Fatherland, which will combine live theatre performance and digital technology to “blur the barrier between reality and virtual reality”, say its makers. The project aims to enable theatre audiences to experience a virtual reality performance without every audience member having to wear a headset.
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