Extended Reality Performance

This pioneering collection illuminates the immersive world of Extended Reality Performance (XRP), where avant-garde digital performance-makers push the boundaries of creativity using cutting-edge extended reality (XR) technologies. In an era dominated by rapid advancements in hardware and software, XR technologies have surged in popularity, allowing everyone with a smartphone, tablet or head-mounted display to partake in digital experiences. This collection serves as a portal to the merger of the physical and the digital, encompassing augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. It offers a broad selection of practice-based perspectives by leading artists, companies and movements working in a variety of countries across the globe, including North America, Europe and the UK. Through their invaluable insights, this book delves into the birth of this revolutionary genre while also offering a fresh perspective, unravelling the creative processes that define XRP. It provides a compilation of artistic position papers, responding to the need for performance designers to invent imaginative experiences within virtual and mixed reality landscapes. It redefines performer-audience dynamics and explores experiences centred around spatial exploration and discovery. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or an art aficionado, this collection invites you to witness the birth of a new era in performance art.