The growth of XR (Extended Reality) scenarios (Augmented & Virtual Realities, Metaverse…), raises serious social and cultural issues. The Realities in Transition project aims at addressing these by thinking and promoting a common, open and sustainable XR, at a European level.
To do so, the activation of an active, thinking Creative and Activist European XR community is needed.

XR technology, as the latest instantiation of our escape into the virtual, has now reached a point from which we are no longer bound to our physical bodies, substituting conscious experience of our physical environments for experimentally controlled, simulated, and multisensorial contexts.

More and more, artists from dance, theatre, circus, etc. are taking advantage of digital technologies to explore new connections between real and virtual worlds and to reinvent the relationship with the audience. Thus, the hybridisation, virtualisation and augmentation of live performance are redefining the boundaries of the stage space. This workshop focused on the development of new uses of immersive and interactive technologies adapted to the performing arts, which enhance the audience’s experience.

Have you ever heard of a Dreamachine? In this workshop, tested, tried, discovered and experimented with creating new worlds and dimensions using various sensory deprivation and sensory overload techniques. Together explored how to hack your senses using the most straightforward methods possible.