CalArts Immersion Group is developing original audio and visual material specifically tailored to envelop audiences in a 360-degree viewing environment. Working with Vortex Immersion Media, CalArts students are creating digital content for the company’s state-of-the-art dome theater, located at LA Center Studios, in downtown Los Angeles.

 

The resulting work will blend immersion with interactive elements. Combining artistic process with technological R&D, students mix high and low tech techniques—ranging from game development systems that create real-time rendering in space, and live performance and music, to 2D and 3D projections, and low tech theatrical illusions. Vortex’s proprietary software and hardware also contribute to this new form of cinematic theater.