XR LIVE Performance Exhibition

The XR LIVE Performance Exhibition is a non-traditional online exhibition featuring the works of artists, developers, writers, performers from around the globe, each building and expanding the burgeoning field of live performance XR experiences. But what is a live performance XR experience? And what does XR stand for? XR is a catch-all for a variety of immersive technologies: AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality), and VR (virtual reality), technologies which are sometimes referred to collectively as "extended reality." When these technologies are combined with a variety of live performance arts – theatre, dance, music, LARP, puppetry, and more – all sorts of new possibilities are born: video games where the NPCs are played in real-time by live actors; movies in which the audience member gets to be the main character; plays which extend beyond the stage and scope of reality itself; music and dance which flow together into digital synesthesia; performance art when the separation between artist and audience can be thousands of miles apart and yet staged within the intimacy and comfort of your own home. And that's only just the beginning. There are no passes, no applications, no jury, and no fees like what you might find at a more traditional festival (which we also love!), increasing accessibility for creators and guests alike. Instead, all experiences are welcome and open to the public, with each experience run and controlled by the individual creators. And finally, the focus is solely on XR experiences with both guests and performers participating together in real-time. XR LIVE takes no payment from any of the creators or guests of their respective experiences, instead simply serving as a facilitator and hub for both the exhibition and community itself. It's very much an experiment, one we're as curious to learn the results from as I'm sure many of you are.