Gadgetory

we're in LA at change it's a new immersive experience that combines virtual reality motion capture technology with set design and just regular acting as a guest in this experience you're wearing a virtual reality headset so everything that you see is completely fabricated but there's a live actor in front of you wearing a motion capture suit so when the actor moves and talks to you and reaches out to you you can reach out and touch him whether or not you believe in them you must heed their warning this opportunity may not come again do you understand I wish you luck this projects actually not possible without having a live actor in the space with you it's it's at the core of how we wrote it and how we workshop it with the actors so the technology of having that motion captured there is the reason why we can adapt to you as the guest and make it unique every time change is really trying to take immersive theater marry it with the art to create an experience that's a little bit darker and has a more of a personal feel as you go through it than most virtual reality experiences would have and is also trying to kind of give you a sense of what life would have been like if you lived inside of the world of A Christmas Carol the creator's didn't want to share the footage of what I actually saw inside my headset as I went through the 20 minute experience but they did let me try out one of the actors motion capture suits and go behind the scenes this is where the performance actually happens but as a guest I never saw any of this and my headset I would see a Victorian room or I'd be flying above a village but that's because the actor in a motion capture suit like this is the one that I see in the experience itself you're still creating a really intimate connection with the audience member you're with them and your pain you know such close attention to the person who's going through while at the same time what's different about it is like you're missing their eyes you're missing their some of the more particulars and you're not as your existing in two spaces at the same time right I'm in the virtual space that I'm also right here right now this is the room that you come to after the experience it's where you get acclimated to actual reality after being in virtual reality the experience itself was really interesting in my headset I was in a Victorian bedroom but having that live actor embody the character in front of me really made it feel real if you're interested in checking out chained it's in LA through the beginning of 2019 but they're hoping to expand it beyond LA to other places as well I do want people to walk away having felt like they came closer to meeting intense spirits and ghosts than they ever would have thought possible