"The possibilities are infinite" when you bring theatre into virtual space, according to the designers behind pioneering nightclub experience Eschaton.
Combining elements of cabaret, immersive theatre and video games, Eschaton is a virtual experience that pushes video chat technology to new levels.
Visitors are invited to explore a seemingly endless number of rooms ? each contained within a Zoom window ? where they can encounter anything from a burlesque performance to a murder mystery.
These rooms are framed within a virtual world filled with mysterious portals and secret passwords.
Eschaton is a virtual experience that allows you explore a seemingly endless number of rooms
For the show's producers, Brittany Blum and Tessa Whitehead of Chorus Productions, the online format allowed them to explore methods of staging that would have been completely impossible in a physical production. "We could build an incredibly rich, complex and sprawling world," explained Whitehead, who is also the show's writer.
"Even though the dimensionality is flattened in one direction, because you're looking at a computer screen, we could really widen the net in another direction," she told Dezeen. "We could create this feeling of a rabbit hole where there's so much to explore."
"Virtually, there are no limitations"
Blum and Whitehead had originally planned Eschaton as an in-person experience, in the spirit of immersive theatre productions like Pu...