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Overview of technological and other accomplishments in productions of Ina Centaur SL Shakespeare Company to virtual theatre. SLCC
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The SLCC Introduction
SL Shakespeare Company
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Ina Centaur
Atonement After the Passing of a FriendLive entertainment without boundaries
Got Internet? No geographical boundaries.Got Voice? No physical discrimination. Revive the Bard!
Environmental Reasons!
Introduction: Why Virtual Theatre?
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Pre-SLIRC – 90’s Adobe Atmosphere – 2000 ActiveWorlds – 00’s World of Warcraft – 2006 Skype Shakespeare Radio – 2006
SLVarious models of the Globe, even before voiceFirst voice auditions held the day SL Voice available“Rose and Fell” between 2006-20074-sims acquired in February 2008 for permanent setup
Introduction: Beginnings
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Artistic Despot (References provided on request!)
Head fundraisers mostly for PRMake up for everything where anything
lacks… Hmm…
Artistic Director: Ina Centaur
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a tyrannical fairy…
We are known for our visual appeal, but:With every production, we create and
introduce a new technology in the nascent field of virtual theatre.
This is how we create and revolutionize the Art:
Productions & Technologies
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Integrated Real-Time Multi-Language Subtitles SystemOn-stage HUD
Scripted Lip-synch systemPhotorealistic skins Sculpted talking facesOptimized texturesHistorically-accurate Elizabethan attire4-sim SL Globe Theatre live performance
Feb 2008 – "Hamlet 1-1 Extended"
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In conjunction with “Shakespeare 24”Consulted RL Shakespearean scholars
from around the world“Comprehensive Review” of over 100 SL
stores for attireUsage of “piped” Elizabethan-accurate
era music in SL theatre, composed by SL musician
Maintained standard for actor alt’s(And, everything from before)
Apr 2008 – "Hamlet 3-2 Mousetrap"
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Fully-costumed staged reading seriesFully utilized SL’s ease to change
visual personalities completelyDeveloped a grayscale outfit style,
“devoid of the color of motion.”Utilized viewer built-in lip-synch. “Moving cast”, tag-team performance
of Shakespearean playUnabridged, first folio performance
Jun 2008 – Twelfth Night Costumed Staged Reading Series
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An unlikely contemporary play with time travel to grace the Globe stage
“Seamless advertisements” Interactive, too!Real equations incognito…
Box-set on the Globe stageFits the GlobeClotheslines above the pit?!
Real-time director-controlled dynamic camera controlsFirst with synch across 4-sims
Sept 2008 – One's A Pawn of Time
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Global lighting changed for each scene
Multiple sets, sans rezzer“Archetypal Attire”Usage of a “real storm” on stage
(exemplified in upcoming Demo)“Preview Season”
Nov 2008 – Twelfth Night: Act 1 AP1
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24-hour “silent” text-chat performance by “Bot-actors” and Celebrities…
Completely scripted choreography Self-guided paths across entire simSL Shakespeare Skates!
Prior to SL Voice, these “actors” might have passed the Turing Test…
Dec 2008 – Shakespeare on Ice
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All the tech goodies from Twelfth Night, Act 1 in Nov ‘08
First open-ended run of a play on SL
Guided-Moving lightsVariations, such as Switched
Gender and Super Spoof!Live Demo @ NAST Conference to
3000 RL theatre admin’s
Mar 2009 – Twelfth Night: Act 1 OEP
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To Set the Show and Create the LegendThe 4-Sim SL Globe TheatreBlackfriars TheatreAdditional Architecture Prominent in
Shakespeare’s Lifetime (Pics in sLiterary Presentation)Bard’s BirthplaceAnne Hathaway’s HouseArden’s HouseGarrick’s Inn / Harvard HouseNash House / New Place
Venues
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