2D YouTube Livestream
Uncanny Alley: A New Day
Live, immersive theatre in VR—step into the story, interact with characters, and experience performance like never before.
ABOUT THIS EVENT: Uncanny Alley: A New Day is a virtual reality immersive theater experience with live actors. Each show runs approx. 75 minutes long. Uncanny Alley: A New Day, a collaboration by by Ferryman Collective and Virtual Worlds Company, had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it received the Fanheart3 XR Experience Award. It went on to win XR Must’s 2024 award for Best Interactivity/Performance and took 2nd place for Best Sound Design. Following its international debut, the piece was featured at Imagine Fantastic Film Festival, Tempo Dokumentärfestival, and had its U.S. premiere at SXSW in March. It was also selected by NewImages Festival, where it hosted the world premiere of its French-language performances. We are now proud to be participating in Raindance Immersive, a festival that champions independent XR creators, game designers, world builders, and performers — continuing our journey of innovation and storytelling in virtual reality. **North America, Europe and Asian friendly performance times.** NARRATIVE SUMMARY Adaptive Learning Industries is about to launch the New Day update through legislation that passed with little public support. Uncanny Alley’s “Metizens” will soon feel the amnesia-like effects from weaponized Radio Frequency waves. Cyberpunk hacker-whiz, Gh0st, breaks a group of protesters out of jail to lead them and her increasingly sentient Service-Bot, Atom, to safety through a hacked portal, out of the city and to a new metaverse. They must stick together, evade capture, and decide whether to leave Uncanny Alley or stay and fight for their freedom, and their home. HOW IT WORKS – Two Ways to Experience the Show Virtual Reality Admission – Participate Live - Meta Quest 2, 3, 3s, Pro, or PCVR-compatible headset required. PROJECT HISTORY Having trained in immersive theatre in the physical realm, we've brought that format to VR, a perfect virtual outlet.
Audience Role
In Uncanny Alley: A New Day, the audience plays an active, embodied role within the world of the story. Rather than watching from a distance, each participant becomes a "Metizen"—a civilian caught up in a tense and uncertain moment in the alley. Guided by live actors, audience members interact directly with characters, speak, move freely, and make choices that impact the flow of the experience. Whether quietly observing or vocally engaging, every audience member is present in real time, acknowledged by the performers, and woven into the narrative. In the livestream version, audiences witness the story unfold as it happens but remain outside the interactive layer.
Ages: 16 +
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About Ferryman Collective
Ferryman Collective is a passionate group of creative and technical professionals dedicated to bringing groundbreaking live, immersive narratives to life in virtual reality, born of the desire to explore what storytelling, interaction, immersion and entertainment CAN BE rather than what it HAS BEEN, to define a new generation of media with live performance in XR. We are a new kind of virtual reality studio, paving the way forward in this brave new world. With a passionate team of multidisciplinary talents, Ferryman Collective aims to take you on unprecedented journeys into fantastic worlds and stories previously thought to be the stuff of dreams.