Live performances are coming to mixed reality. Between volumetric capture and motion tracking systems dancers and actors can bring more of their craft to emerging digital mediums.
The Under Presents is a bit like immersive theater meets VR gaming. An intriguing multiplayer experience set between two worlds: a jaunty vaudeville stage and the harrowing survival narrative. Uncover the story of a ship stranded in time as supplies dwindle and day-by-day an otherworldly mist rolls closer. Follow characters’ interlocking fates as all journeys forward must turn back or become lost.
Think of it as a full single player timeloop based game with multiplayer components as a layer on top of it. There’s exploration, puzzle and narrative elements. As you discover the Under you may encounter some of our live roving performers
Tender Claws says that through the month of May, players can jump into The Under Presents every Friday for two hours starting at 5PM PDT
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From Imagination.. to Words.. to Characters You Can Taste
George R. R. Martin created such a multilayered world out of the phantasms of our histories that his stories feel truer than real life, or at least more understandable. A Song of Ice and Fire drew the attention of artists long before HBO took an interest in adapting it into a series, but once the characters of Westeros were introduced to television audiences a wealth of art from a new generation of fans began to spring forth. While it is satisfying to see our favorite characters recreated in different styles, for us at Too Much, it’s even more fun to see depictions of characters, places, and events not seen on the tv series.
Have a Slice of Tyrion
This sculpture of Tyrion Lannister is presumably delicious. He’s a cake made of modeling chocolate, RKT and fondant.
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What if Disney made Game of Thrones?
Holographic Westeros
Our favorite fantastic fiction realized into pixels and mesh by these brilliant creators
Serving You White Walker Realness
Zach Brunner is the creator of the hilarious and sizzling illustration of the Night King twerking
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DANCE ON MAD LIBRA
Thanos may have finally been defeated by the Avengers, but he’s still getting down online. He’s already been featured in a Fortnite mod and popping up as a popular avatar in VRChat
Dance Monkey Dance!
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Avengers: Illustrated
Few movie series have grabbed so many imaginations from around the globe. This is just a small selection of creative work inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some are professional illustrators while others are enthusiasts with serious skills. This Avengers: Endgame group shot was created by a series of artists under the umbrellas of Studiokun x Dinsai.
Thor : Art of Vic
Iron man : Chanin s
Captain america : Art of NaMo
Rocket Raccoon : Art of Oat
Thanos : Dongk
War Machine : Zazameanza Meamza
Hulk : Chano Art
Okoye : Art of Amo
Black Widow : Dongk
Hawkeye : Art of Jane
Antman : Uni Chan
Captain Marvel : Mook Chuaynarong
Nebula : Dongk
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Sam Beattie credits the work of Derek Laufman as one of his inspirations.
A chibi inspired Captain Marvel powering up by Henry Vargas
Honorable Mention: Kishan Kumar for this rather sweet faced Thanos. It’s hard to believe this face would want to wipe out half the Universe.
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Can Cersei handle the glare of Elmo?
Respect brings us together, and if anyone can convince @GameOfThrones's Cersei and Tyrion to get along, a familiar furry red friend might just be the one. #RespectIsComing #RespectBringsUsTogether pic.twitter.com/4i94lU6YIh
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) April 18, 2019
Cersei and Tyrion got to meet with their Muppet counterparts, and the people who bring them alive.
Not sure if it worked on Cersei, but Lena Headey is exuberant!
— lena headey (@IAMLenaHeadey) July 16, 2017
Hola pic.twitter.com/dz7hZ27eyG
— lena headey (@IAMLenaHeadey) November 11, 2017
.@GameofThrones co-creator David Benioff challenged Jason Momoa to the slap game.
— House Box Office (@HBO) April 18, 2019
This is what happens when you face the Khal. pic.twitter.com/xDryBfBqG1
HBO’s West World faces a more monstrous Muppet
Respect is important for everyone – people, monsters, even Westworld’s hosts. #RespectWorld #RespectBringsUsTogether pic.twitter.com/LOLrswj0OV
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) April 18, 2019
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A Craftsman of Dream Worlds
Danny Bittman is a self-described virtual reality artist, filmmaker, and developer but that barely relates what he actually does. He makes whole words from voxels, brainwaves, and dreams. Using VR creation tools like Tilt Brush and Blocks, he has created immersive experiences for Marvel, Google, Hyundai, Nvidia, and more. He was also part of Google’s pioneering artist-in-residence program. Currently, he animates and directs freelance projects such as Taryn Southern’s innovative “Life Support”
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Bittman wants to help all creatives discover their potential with immersive tools
His background is in narrative and special effects. He starting writing about VR very early on, but just as a bystander, once he took the plunge he was surprised that he was able to create so much with first just generation technology. He’s shared his journey as he’s experimented with tools, technique and practices as fast as he’s learned it with the intention of helping others discover their potential with immersive tools that often seemingly defy the impossible.
More of Bittman’s work
With over 1,600 hours exploring the creative potential of VR, Danny Bittman has plenty of work to showcase, including this Stephen Curry ad for Under Armour.
“Life Support” was composed using AI from Amper, with VR animation from Danny Bittman using Google Tiltbrush and Unity, incorporating fMRI videos of Taryn Southern’s brain.
Too Much is such a fan of Brittman that his work has already been featured in Opusculum.
You can find out more about Bittman’s latest work over at his website: dannybittman.com
I'm creating a music video for an old song I wrote in college
— Danny Bittman (@DannyBittman) March 23, 2019This was all made today in #VR with #ANIMVR. The final video will be about two minutes long, which I'll hopefully share next week. Here's to sharing more personal projects with ya'll this year
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By utilizing the upcoming VR creation tool #ANIMVR, I choreographed a 10-minute #VR music video and performed inside of it live at @marketo's #MKTGnation Summit. The environments were built with #TiltBrush, and it was all rendered in #Unit3d. Created with @heliosinteract pic.twitter.com/Q49yqgB8jS
— Danny Bittman (@DannyBittman) April 30, 2018
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And for extra credit:
There is a REAL prequel in development starring Naomi Watts. Few details have emerged but you can follow updates direct from HBO here. It will take place thousands of years before the Game of Thrones story we know.
There are four other potential spin-offs in the wings.
Though HBO is only moving forward with one prequel for now, there are four other projects that could still potentially get the green-light. Here’s what we know:
Prequel #2: Max Borenstein
Max Borenstein, a screenwriter for Kong: Skull Island and an upcoming Godzillamovie, is working on a prequel idea for HBO. He hasn’t said anything about his project, but he did speak to Creative Screenwriting about his experiences working on both smaller scale and big-budget projects. “Sometimes it makes sense for a studio to plug screenwriters who do smaller, dramatic pieces into movies that are of giant scale,” he said. “What they’d like to do is bring those giant-scale movies down to earth a little.”
Prequel #3: Brian Helgeland
Brian Helgeland, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for L.A. Confidential (and, the same year, the Razzie for The Postman’s screenplay), is working on a prequel idea for Game of Thrones. More recently, he was behind the movie Legend, which starred Tom Hardy in dual roles as twins. He hasn’t talked about the project, but back in 2015 he said television wasn’t for him. “It’s only in the last four or five years that that’s become an option, but I’m not interested in TV,” he told Collider. “I want to make movies so I’m going to die with my boots on.”
Prequel #4: Carly Wray and George R. R. Martin
Carly Wray, a writer for The Leftovers and Mad Men, is working on a prequel idea with Martin. Wray hasn’t done much press around her previous projects—or around this one—but she is coming straight off another critically beloved HBO drama, so the transition would be pretty easy for her.
Prequel #5: Bryan Cogman and George R.R. Martin
Entertainment Weekly reports Bryan Cogman, a co-executive producer and prolific writer on Game of Thrones, is working on a fifth prequel. He worked with George R.R. Martin on the concept, but of course is tight-lipped about what the show is about.
Martin hinted at a fifth prequel series in the works back in May, without mentioning Cogman’s name. “He’s a really terrific addition,” Martin wrote on his LiveJournal. “A great guy and a fine writer, and aside from me and maybe Elio and Linda [who run Westeros.org], I don’t know anyone who knows and loves Westeros as well as he does.”
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Let’s Go Get This Son of a Bitch
The opening monologue gets invaded by the rest of the cast from Game of Thrones!
Kit Harington hosted Saturday Night Live
— Maria (@Mariasblabla) April 8, 2019#SNL #KitHarington #JonSnow #GOT pic.twitter.com/huUGM248rb
Kit Harington SNL backstage with his Game of Thrones cast mates pic.twitter.com/GEP20j2bQR
— Kit Harington (@Kit_Haringtcn) April 7, 2019
kit harington on snl, that’s the tweet pic.twitter.com/HYzYL0Q5TN
— ben (@starkrings) April 7, 2019
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Justin Roiland’s VR studio Squanch Games announced last year that their upcoming game Trover Saves the Universe was exclusively targeting PSVR and PS4 consoles. This week at GDC 2019 though it seems the studio has reversed that decision, as the comedy platformer is also slated to arrive on PCs via Steam and Epic Game Store. To make things even more interesting, it appears PSVR users have a firm May release date now.
Am I Seeing Double
From the design of the characters to the feel of the universe to the objectives of the missions, Trover Saves the Universe is a mind melting otherworldly adventure that carves it own genre.
play trover saves the universe on tv
— Trover Saves the Universe (@TroverGame) April 3, 2019
OR
play trover saves the universe in vr
there's no wrong way to play -- it's your choice!https://t.co/aJlTU6tAXj pic.twitter.com/gUoKfx3PPw
— Trover Saves the Universe (@TroverGame) March 1, 2019
When you're trying to pay attention, but it's a holiday week.#ThanksgivingBreak #thinkingaboutfood pic.twitter.com/RciL5jKHo2
— Trover Saves the Universe (@TroverGame) November 20, 2018