{"id":39487,"date":"2020-07-07T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2639405"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:15:00","slug":"a-vr-retelling-of-shakespeares-the-tempest-is-coming-to-oculus-headsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/a-vr-retelling-of-shakespeares-the-tempest-is-coming-to-oculus-headsets\/","title":{"rendered":"A VR retelling of Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019 is coming to Oculus headsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Performances start on July 9th.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-07%2Fc04df5f0-bfd7-11ea-ac3d-692c573a3e03&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=10210d60fca5a516fd4c8240bf0ac4ce40737680\" alt=\"The Under Presents: Tempest\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">One of the more interesting experiences to come out of the virtual reality space last year was a game called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/quest\/1917371471713228\/?locale=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Under Presents<\/em><\/a>. In it, live actors will sometimes appear as you play through the experience.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tenderclaws.com\/tempest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tender Claws<\/a>, the studio that created the game, has now announced a new immersive theatre show that takes that concept in an even more whimsical direction.<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w4cMDpSuRjk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/w4cMDpSuRjk<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:A%20VR%20retelling%20of%20Shakespeare%27s%20%27The%20Tempest%27%20is%20coming%20to%20Oculus%20headsets;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Later this month, the studio will start staging an adaptation of William Shakespeare&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>The Tempest&nbsp;<\/em>within&nbsp;<em>The Under Presents<\/em>. The play will feature a single actor who, in the play&rsquo;s narrative, was supposed to play Prospero in a proper stage show. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, their in-person performance was canceled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>Interestingly, while you and a friend can buy tickets for the same time slot, there&#8217;s no guarantee the two of you will get the chance to take part in the same performance. Tender Claws plans to match each ticket holder with five to seven other audience members and a single actor. They&#8217;ll be multiple performances per hour, and the studio claims no two renditions will be the same. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for&nbsp;<em>The Under Presents: Tempest<\/em>&nbsp;go on sale starting on July 9th, with daily showings continuing through to the end of September. On weekdays, they&rsquo;ll be performances between 7 and 11PM ET. On Weekends, meanwhile, showings will take place between 2 and 6PM ET. A single ticket costs $15 and includes access to the game&rsquo;s multiplayer space. In the meantime, you can play a 30-minute demo of the base game for free, provided you own an&nbsp;<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-30-oculus-quest-review-wireless-vr.html\">Oculus Quest<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016-03-28-oculus-rift-review.html\">Rift<\/a>&nbsp;headset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tenderclaws.com\/tempest\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tenderclaws.com\/tempest<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Igor Bonifacic<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Igor Bonifacic<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Performances start on July 9th. One of the more interesting experiences to come out of the virtual reality space last year was a game called&nbsp;The Under Presents. In it, live actors will sometimes appear as you play through the experience.&nbsp;Tender Claws, the studio that created the game, has now announced a new immersive theatre show &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/07\/a-vr-retelling-of-shakespeares-the-tempest-is-coming-to-oculus-headsets\/\">Continue reading <span>A VR retelling of Shakespeare&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Tempest&rsquo; is coming to Oculus headsets<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/a-vr-retelling-of-shakespeares-the-tempest-is-coming-to-oculus-headsets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A VR retelling of Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019 is coming to Oculus headsets - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/a-vr-retelling-of-shakespeares-the-tempest-is-coming-to-oculus-headsets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A VR retelling of Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019 is coming to Oculus headsets - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Performances start on July 9th. 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