EchoRealms

VR & MR Performance Experience​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Design 

// EchoRealms project idea is about exploring how we can visually represent physical spaces in different ways, inspired by this fascinating article we found on designing experiences in the digital world. “Experiencing Reality in the Metaverse from Life-Like to Surreal”
The project focuses on the idea of "theatre" and takes it beyond just a traditional stage. For us, a theatre space isn't just four walls and a stage; it's like a living, breathing world where performances come alive. We've decided to center our project around classical music, specifically the timeless works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is a legend of the classical era, and it is a great digital exploration of what classical cyberspace would look like.

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EchoRealms is experienced using mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies by creating four different digital spaces where you can experience Bach's music in unique ways. Our goal with EchoRealms is to give people a whole new way of experiencing classical music, to be transported into these digital worlds where they can immerse themselves in the beauty and complexity of Bach's music.

According to this article that our project was based on and in relation to our choice of representation of a classical musical theatre specifically for the composer Bach, we decided to have the following:

1. A Hyper-reality Cyberspace: A classical performance hall in the baroque Era, as Bach is considered to be the epitome of German Baroque style.
2. A Abstracted reality Cyberspace: A performance space that is made up of 2D shapes. This style resembles an abstraction of a baroque theatre.
3. A Hybrid Cyberspace: A surreal representation of a performance, where the player experiences music of being ‘inside of the instrument’.
4. A Hyper-Virtual: Using an Audio-Visualizer system in which the music rhythm and pitches are being visualized creating the player’s environment (A cyber representation of classical music).