Gregory Doran, the artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, said that the technology being deployed in their new production of The Tempest gave him hope for the future. Doran described the play, previews of which started last night, as “creating a special kind of wonder”. Ariel, played by Mark Quartley, is equipped with a “motion-capture” suit which, combined with inertia sensors and computer rendering, allows the projection of his avatar onto a screen. The RSC worked with Intel and The Imaginarium Studios to develop the technology for the theatre. “At first I had no…

Source: The Times November 08, 2016 23:55 UTC