VR THEATRE: THE PARADOX OF REALITY
VR THEATRE: THE PARADOX OF REALITY

Summary/Abstract: Over the past several years, various theatre productions have emerged around the world under the umbrella of the term of Virtual Reality (VR) Theatre. Although these productions themselves use VR technology within their framework, a debate on this topic is essential in order to understand how this phenomenon of the VR Theatre itself can be defined, and more importantly, to understand in depth the implications and specificities of this new branch of theatre. At the same time, there are theatre companies that even refer to themselves as VR Theatre companies, or national theatres that call their productions VR Theatre performances. It is therefore useful to have an understanding of this phenomenon and to debate it in the light of relevant theatre productions on this matter. Thus, throughout this paper it will be analysed and discussed the emergence of VR, the appearance of the term of VR Theatre, and more importantly, whether and how these productions were produced and whether they can truly be considered theatre.

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