LAB

The XR Movement Lab is an Academic Theater Laboratory with the purpose of developing a next generation of tools in webXR and Unity VR for teaching many of the movement arts currently taught in higher education. The next phase of this lab will be to focus on VRChat to examine 4 different expressive areas featuring movement, and measure which aspects translate well to VR and which do not. We will provide  reports on our findings re: the benefits and challenges of adapting movement arts to VR. These 4 Areas will be:
Combat

Dance

 Mime 

Mask

Our goal is to explore and experiment with the limits of avatar movement in live performance in VR, this will be the first laboratory of its kind to explore full body tracking in the metaverse. During this Lab we will find  experts in these topics and have them advise as we conduct interviewing and learning from these experts. This process will be dedicated to crossing over various movement disciplines that cross over between VR expertise and theater scholarship. 
And allowing the metaverse to be the Bridge between academics, practitioners, and enthusiasts.