The No Proscenium Podcast

This week, architect turned XRchitect Alex Coulombe swings through to talk about Heavenue, the new XR performance platform he's developing that made its debut with a Christmas Carol performance at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville this past year. Heavenue leverages the powerful tech that is making game streaming possible to bring audiences into more visually rich XR worlds without having to invest in expensive PCs to drive the experience. Plus: headlines.Show NotesAlex on TwitterUpcoming GDC talk about Heavenue on the VR track on March 21 Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Headlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of No ProsceniumProducer and Host: Noah Nelson   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The best-laid plans can go right off the rails, and in this episode, the Crew - Kevin Gossett, Laura Hess, Patrick McLean, and Blake Weil - jump onto the tracks to detail some of their recent run-ins of when designs, expectations, and audiences straight up fail to click. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2022 NoPro Audience Awards are here! This week's show is a recording of the reveal of all the winners of this year's Immies, as voted on by our readers & listeners. For a complete list of nominees, check out the website. You can also find a collection of AMAs on our Discord featuring award nominees and winners.Speaking of the Discord, we're launching a Book Club in its hallowed halls. The first book up for discussion is Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, and the meetup will take place on March 15th. Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Producer and Host: Noah Nelson   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time out: Kevin Gossett and Noah Nelson jump online for the immersive game En Route, while Edward Mylechreest and Leah Davis return to the McKittrick Hotel to haunt Sleep No More [20:37], which has returned to New York City, retooled for the New Normal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NoPro's Executive Editor Kathryn Yu is joined by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman of Tender Claws to discuss the recently released Virtual Virtual Reality 2, the sequel to their cult hit VVR. [6:28] The game dropped this week on the Meta Quest and Rift, and is scheduled to arrive on Steam VR later this month. Then Robert Motum, creator of the Site-Specific Theatre Bot on Twitter, drops in for a quick chat with host Noah Nelson.Plus: an update on the RALLY in our Patreon campaign in this make-or-break month of February, and a reminder that VOTING ENDS TONIGHT for the 2022 NoPro Audience Awards.Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Headlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of No ProsceniumProducer and Host: Noah Nelson   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week starts off with Allie Marotta & Kathryn Yu comparing notes on their experiences with Bottom of the Ocean, diving deep into explaining the secrets they were asked to tell sea shells (trying saying THAT five times fast!)Then Blake Weil & Patrick McLean do an even deeper dive into the book Turn Your Life Into Art: Lessons in Psychomagic from the San Francisco Underground [19:00], opening up a conversation on the importance of safety over danger in designed experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we catch up with Jen Davis-Wilson, aka Fionna on VRChat, and her efforts as part of the VRC Prefabs World Builder Community to curate some of the most interesting worlds out of the thousands upon thousands created for the social VR platform. The ongoing product of which you can find at NoPro's sister site Everything Immersive. Plus: headlines from a busy news week and a heartfelt thank you and a BIG UPDATE on our Patreon campaign as NoPro enters a make-or-break month.Don't forget: the voting period for the 2022 NoPro Audience Awards is still open, and we've started a round of AMAs with some of the nominees in our Discord.Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Producer and Host: Noah Nelson   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Crew is back!This week Kevin Gossett & Patrick McLean tackle Blaseball's latest experiments as Kevin attempts to make a fan out of Patrick. Then Laura Hall, Leah Davis, and Blake Weil lead the discussion [12:00] about Finding Satoshi (no, not that Satoshi), an NHK documentary about the last loose end of the legendary Perplex City ARG which took over a decade to solve. Note: spoiler warning for some of the surprises in Finding Satoshi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show a trio of interviews with the people behind some amazing projects.First up, Erfan Saadati, co-creator of Child of Empire, joins us to talk about this stunning VR piece showing at Sundance's New Frontier that explores the human cost of the Partition of India: one of the largest forced migrations in human history. [6:00]Then Doug Jacobson, Athena Demos, and Andrew Barrett from Big Rock Creative drop by to talk about the upcoming BRCvr Film Festival which takes place next weekend. [25:00]Rounding out the program is Steve Jamison co-creator of On The Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), an incredible piece of VR documentary making that is also at the New Frontier at Sundance this year. [40:00]Plus Headlines and voting for the NoPro Audience Awards is now open, a link to the ballot and the full list of nominees can be found here. Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Headlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of No ProsceniumProducer and Host: Noah Nelson    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week director Joe Hunting talks with us about his new documentary, We Met In Virtual Reality, which is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival [1:29]; we learn about the Black Immersive Creators Grant from two of its board members, Dana McGarr and Risa Puno [16:00]; and NoPro's own Kathryn Yu drops in for a podcast version of our Sundance Diaries feature [42:55].Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter Headlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of No ProsceniumProducer and Host: Noah Nelson  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.