PXR2026 Uncanny Alley (Kingston)
The PXR2026 Conference is excited to co-present with the Kingston Canadian Film Festival the award winning production of Uncanny Alley by The Ferrymen Collective as part of our Experience Stream!
Join us on Saturday February 28th for a special showing of Uncanny Alley at the Kingston Grand Theatre (Davies Lounge) with the KCFF!
NARRATIVE SUMMARY
Adaptive Learning Industries is about to launch the New Day update through legislation that passed with little public support. Uncanny Alley’s “Metizens” will soon feel the amnesia-like effects from weaponized Radio Frequency waves.
Cyberpunk hacker-whiz, Gh0st, breaks a group of protesters out of jail to lead them and her increasingly sentient Service-Bot, Atom, to safety through a hacked portal, out of the city and to a new metaverse. They must stick together, evade capture, and decide whether to leave Uncanny Alley or stay and fight for their freedom, and their home.
HOW IT WORKS
Uncanny Alley: A New Day is a fully live VR performance featuring two actors who fluidly portray multiple characters. Audience members will be provided a Headset at the venue to experience the show.IMMERSIVE THEATRE
This immersive theatre experience differentiates itself from traditional theater by removing the stage and immersing audiences within the performance itself. Participants can expect a high level of interactivity, audiences will converse with the actors, other audience members and interact with their virtual surroundings.
With the transformative power of VR technology, participants are fully immersed in our captivating 3D world. Audiences will go through multiple environments, exploring all the way from the tunnel system underneath the fictional Uncanny Alley world, traversing through hackerspaces, caravans, secret workshops, nightclubs and all the way to the heights of the ALI government penthouse offices.
PROJECT HISTORY
Uncanny Alley began as two award-winning virtual worlds before evolving into a theatrical show. Its creator, Rick Treweek, also known as MetaRick and praised as “one of the smartest minds in XR,” was approached by Stephen Butchko from Ferryman Collective to explore the idea of setting a live theatrical performance within the world of Uncanny Alley. However, MetaRick wanted to go further; he aimed to create a world specifically for the show, expanding the IP of his beloved characters and universe. The Ferryman team further challenged him to develop this expansive experience for standalone headsets like the Quest, which have significantly less computing power than tethered VR headsets.
MORE INFORMATION
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Uncanny Alley: A New Day is a guided virtual reality theater experience with live actors. Each show runs approximately 75 minutes long.
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