“How do you define an immersive experience?” This was a question posed as I sat in front of the small but packed room of eager participants at the German Haus at SXSW. I had been spontaneously invited to sit on a panel titled Exploring Immersive Media and Creating New...

Every March, thousands of creatives descend on Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals. While many are familiar with the SXSW Music Festival, SXSW also hosts a conference designed to celebrate the convergence of the interactive, fi...

As new media artists are given access to fulldome spaces, the possibilities for what they will create is endless. Ginger Leigh, professionally known as Synthestruct, is a prime example of the creative potential that can be realized when institutions allow artists the o...

Seven years ago, I walked into the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with the opportunity to experiment with the planetarium’s audio/visual system. I had just graduated with my undergraduate degree in recording arts from the University of Col...

The 10 year anniversary of the IMERSA (Immersive Media Entertainment, Research, Science & Arts) Summit was recently celebrated in a snowy Columbus, Ohio at COSI (Center of Science and Industry). This annual event brings together some of the most preeminent thinkers, cr...

Judd Farner is a theater producer, teacher, and arts advocate currently teaching drama at Riverdale Ridge High School in Brighton, Colorado. Judd is also the founder of The New Commedia, a small theatre company that creates original, local-grown productions including p...

As I sat entranced by the movement of light particles across laser-scanned environments dancing across the contour of the domed screen, I knew I was experiencing something special. The sound resonated through the space and enveloped the audience in an electronic cinema...

Surrounded by a rich musical and southern culture, the Macon Film Festival has had a thirteen year history of celebrating independent films while promoting filmmaking for entertainment, inspiration, education, and economic development. This year’s festival, which happe...

In the small town of Blacksburg, Virginia, the Moss Arts Center, at Virginia Tech hosts one of the worlds few high-density loudspeaker arrays called the Cube. With 139 individually addressable audio-channels positioned around a 50’ x 40’ black box theater, this space t...

In early June, Montreal welcomed local and international immersive arts professionals for the fifth annual iX Symposium, an initiative of the Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT). This year's theme, The Conquest of Reality, brought together a community of artists and...