The SLCC Introduction

SL Shakespeare Company

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Ina Centaur

Atonement After the Passing of a FriendLive entertainment without boundaries

Got Internet? No geographical boundaries.Got Voice? No physical discrimination. Revive the Bard!

Environmental Reasons!

Introduction: Why Virtual Theatre?

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Pre-SLIRC – 90’s Adobe Atmosphere – 2000 ActiveWorlds – 00’s World of Warcraft – 2006 Skype Shakespeare Radio – 2006

SLVarious models of the Globe, even before voiceFirst voice auditions held the day SL Voice available“Rose and Fell” between 2006-20074-sims acquired in February 2008 for permanent setup

Introduction: Beginnings

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Artistic Despot (References provided on request!)

Head fundraisers mostly for PRMake up for everything where anything

lacks… Hmm…

Artistic Director: Ina Centaur

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a tyrannical fairy…

We are known for our visual appeal, but:With every production, we create and

introduce a new technology in the nascent field of virtual theatre.

This is how we create and revolutionize the Art:

Productions & Technologies

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Integrated Real-Time Multi-Language Subtitles SystemOn-stage HUD

Scripted Lip-synch systemPhotorealistic skins Sculpted talking facesOptimized texturesHistorically-accurate Elizabethan attire4-sim SL Globe Theatre live performance

Feb 2008 – "Hamlet 1-1 Extended"

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In conjunction with “Shakespeare 24”Consulted RL Shakespearean scholars

from around the world“Comprehensive Review” of over 100 SL

stores for attireUsage of “piped” Elizabethan-accurate

era music in SL theatre, composed by SL musician

Maintained standard for actor alt’s(And, everything from before)

Apr 2008 – "Hamlet 3-2 Mousetrap"

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Fully-costumed staged reading seriesFully utilized SL’s ease to change

visual personalities completelyDeveloped a grayscale outfit style,

“devoid of the color of motion.”Utilized viewer built-in lip-synch. “Moving cast”, tag-team performance

of Shakespearean playUnabridged, first folio performance

Jun 2008 – Twelfth Night Costumed Staged Reading Series

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An unlikely contemporary play with time travel to grace the Globe stage

“Seamless advertisements” Interactive, too!Real equations incognito…

Box-set on the Globe stageFits the GlobeClotheslines above the pit?!

Real-time director-controlled dynamic camera controlsFirst with synch across 4-sims

Sept 2008 – One's A Pawn of Time

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Global lighting changed for each scene

Multiple sets, sans rezzer“Archetypal Attire”Usage of a “real storm” on stage

(exemplified in upcoming Demo)“Preview Season”

Nov 2008 – Twelfth Night: Act 1 AP1

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24-hour “silent” text-chat performance by “Bot-actors” and Celebrities…

Completely scripted choreography Self-guided paths across entire simSL Shakespeare Skates!

Prior to SL Voice, these “actors” might have passed the Turing Test…

Dec 2008 – Shakespeare on Ice

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All the tech goodies from Twelfth Night, Act 1 in Nov ‘08

First open-ended run of a play on SL

Guided-Moving lightsVariations, such as Switched

Gender and Super Spoof!Live Demo @ NAST Conference to

3000 RL theatre admin’s

Mar 2009 – Twelfth Night: Act 1 OEP

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To Set the Show and Create the LegendThe 4-Sim SL Globe TheatreBlackfriars TheatreAdditional Architecture Prominent in

Shakespeare’s Lifetime (Pics in sLiterary Presentation)Bard’s BirthplaceAnne Hathaway’s HouseArden’s HouseGarrick’s Inn / Harvard HouseNash House / New Place

Venues

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