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We have shared creations from the Shakespeare-VR Project in museums, libraries, and classrooms around the world. If you would like to bring the project to your institution, please feel free to contact Dr. Stephen Wittek.
CARLOW ELEMENTARY DEMO
In April 2023, the Shakespeare-VR team presented Sweet Sorrow and the Blackfriars Tour to a group of forty-five elementary school students (6th to 8th grade) at Carlow Campus Laboratory School in Pittsburgh, PA.
From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print (April 2023 – march 2024)
“From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print” was an exhibition at The Frick Pittsburgh showcasing CMU Libraries’ rare copies of Shakespeare’s First through Fourth Folios. It featured a standalone demonstration of the Blackfriars Tour virtual experience that ran on a loop. See here for further details.
“Inventing Shakespeare: Text, Technology, and The Four Folios” (March 2023 – june 2024)
“Inventing Shakespeare: Text, Technology, and the Four Folios” was an exhibition at Carnegie Mellon’s Hunt Library that explored the intersections of literary history and technological innovation through the legacy of Shakespeare’s First Folio. It featured a standalone demonstration of the Blackfriars Tour virtual experience that ran on a loop. See here for further details.
CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATIONS
Creations from the Shakespeare-VR project provide a fun, informative, and unforgettable complement to Shakespeare classes at all levels. If you’re curious about bringing the technology to your institution, you may want to have a look at our 100% free Lesson Plans and Downloads.
itch Symposium
Dr. Wittek gave a presentation about the Shakespeare-VR Project at the Immersive Technologies and Cultural Heritage Symposium (ITCH), University of Southern California, Los Angeles. September 22, 2023.
Poster for Dr. Wittek’s presentation on the Shakespeare-VR project at the Tokyo Humanities Cafe in Japan:
full list of presentations and exhibits
- “From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print.” Yearlong exhibition at the Frick Art Museum (Pittsburgh), featuring headset displays of Shakespeare-VR media. April 1, 2023 to October 1, 2023.
- “Inventing Shakespeare: Text, Technology, and the Four Folios.” Yearlong exhibition at the Hunt Library (Carnegie Mellon University), featuring headset display of Shakespeare-VR media. April 1, 2023 to October 1, 2023.
- “Shakespeare in Virtual Reality.” Presentation at the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival. March 26, 2023.
- “Journal from a New Frontier: Shakespeare in Virtual Reality.” Presentation for the “Shakespeare and Immersion” seminar, Annual Meeting for the Shakespeare Association of America. April 1, 2021.
- “Shakespeare-VR.” Demonstration of Shakespeare-VR media for the Digital Salon at the Annual Meeting for the Shakespeare Association of America. April 1, 2021.
- “Shakespeare-VR.” Demonstration of Shakespeare-VR media for the Teaching and Learning Summit, Carnegie Mellon University. November 1, 2019.
- “Shakespeare-VR: Virtual Reality in Humanities Education.” Presentation for the Blackfriars Conference, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton VA. October 23, 2019.
- “Introducing Shakespeare-VR.” Presentation for the Digitizing the Stage Conference, Oxford University. July 16, 2019.
- “Shakespeare and Virtual Reality.” Seminar co-organized by Stephen Wittek and David McInnis for Annual Meeting for the Shakespeare Association of America. April 17, 2019.
- “Spaces in Headsets and Heads Set in Spaces: Notes on Shakespeare and Virtual Reality.” Presentation for “Shakespeare and Virtual Reality” seminar, Annual Meeting for the Shakespeare Association of America. April 17, 2020.
- “Shakespeare in Virtual Reality.” Talk + demonstration of Shakespeare-VR media at the Tokyo Humanities Cafe, Tokyo, Japan. June 9, 2023.