Principal Investigator Tod Machover
Project Website http://www.media.mit.edu/projects/death-and-the-powers-global-interactive-simul…
A live global interactive simulcast of the final February 2014 performance of Death and the Powers in Dallas will make innovative use of satellite broadcast and Internet technologies to expand the boundaries of second-screen experience and interactivity during a live remote performance. In the opera, Simon Powers uploads his mind, memories, and emotions into The System, represented onstage through reactive robotic, visual, and sonic elements. Remote audiences of the simulcast are treated as part of The System alongside Powers and the operabots. Audiences have an omniscient view of the action of the opera, as presented through the multi-camera video and surround sound. Multimedia content delivered to mobile devices privileges remote audiences with perspectives from within The System. Mobile devices also allow audiences to influence The System by affecting the illumination of the Winspear Opera House’s Moody Foundation Chandelier.