Challenges in the Production of a Mixed Reality Theater Dance Performance
Daniel Neves Coelho, Eike Langbehn · 2024
Virtual and augmented reality systems are becoming more and more popular in artistic performances. Most of these experiences are based on 360-videos or single-user applications. We produced a mixed reality theater dance performance. An audience of 30 people wore XR-headsets during a theater show. The headsets were networked and shared the same tracking space. Three performers (singer, mu-sician, dancer) performed live and their performance was motion captured and transferred in real-time into the virtual environment. The audience was actively part of the performance and had different possibilities to interact with each other and the environment. This required the integration of different systems and hardware. In this poster, we report our technical setup and discuss the challenges that this entails.