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NewImages XR Market Welcomes New Buyers, New Storytelling Forms
NewImages is an 'immersive festival pushing all forms of creativity in storytelling,' says XR market head Ellen Kuo.
Many professional panels focused on inclusion, gaming out ways to integrate new media technologies onto august stages and old world artistic practices, with the Lincoln Center commissioned dance piece “Collective Body” cited as one illustrative example. Kuo also delighted in a small but growing inclination to explore immersive possibilities beyond the traditional headset, pointing toward the very nascent “Amassonic” as an emblematic project in this field. Co-created by Maria Cecilia Oliveira – a Brazilian academic with a specialty in environmental politics – the experience builds an immersive soundscape to explore the layers and voices of the Amazon River.
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