{"id":887,"date":"2021-03-17T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/17\/the-rscs-hi-tech-dream-opens-up-a-world-of-theatrical-possibility\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:49:24","slug":"the-rscs-hi-tech-dream-opens-up-a-world-of-theatrical-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/17\/the-rscs-hi-tech-dream-opens-up-a-world-of-theatrical-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"The RSC&#8217;s hi-tech Dream opens up a world of theatrical possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This online experiment uses live motion capture to bring the fairies and sprites of A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream to vivid life<\/p>\n<p>The opening moments of Dream contain all the enticements of an augmented Imax experience, beamed to our laptops. The camera hovers over a forest drenched in mist, then swoops in as if entering a 3D DreamWorks movie. Our host, Puck (EM Williams), is in a real-life studio and transforms into an avatar on our screens.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the futuristic feel, we are entering a Shakespearean forest and following Puck into an experiment that splices A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream with cutting-edge immersive and gaming technology.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2021\/mar\/17\/rsc-a-midsummer-nights-dream\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dbf734a1c9e760d0a488a0ba353592971cbc7cee\/40_0_1200_720\/master\/1200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7a7332976a2328826e26bb6f6c25d3cf\" title=\"The RSC's hi-tech Dream opens up a world of theatrical possibility\" \/>This online experiment uses live motion capture to bring the fairies and sprites of A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream to vivid life<br \/>\nThe opening moments of Dream contain all the enticements of an augmented Imax experience, beamed to our laptops. The camera hovers over a forest drenched in mist, then swoops in as if entering a 3D DreamWorks movie. Our host, Puck (EM Williams), is in a real-life studio and transforms into an avatar on our screens.<br \/>\nDespite the futuristic feel, we are entering a Shakespearean forest and following Puck into an experiment that splices A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream with cutting-edge immersive and gaming technology. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This online experiment uses live motion capture to bring the fairies and sprites of A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream to vivid life The opening moments of Dream contain all the enticements of an augmented Imax experience, beamed to our laptops. The camera hovers over a forest drenched in mist, then swoops in as if entering a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/17\/the-rscs-hi-tech-dream-opens-up-a-world-of-theatrical-possibility\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The RSC&#8217;s hi-tech Dream opens up a world of theatrical possibility<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}