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Shakespeare and Virtual Reality

Shakespeare and Virtual Reality

Shakespeare and Virtual Reality

Stephen Wittek , Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
David McInnis , University of Melbourne
January 2022
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    Teaching Shakespeare through performance has a long history, and active methods of teaching and learning are a logical complement to the teaching of performance. Virtual reality ought to be the logical extension of such active learning, providing an unrivalled immersive experience of performance that overcomes historical and geographical boundaries. But what are the key advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality, especially as it pertains to Shakespeare? And more interestingly, what can Shakespeare do for VR (rather than vice versa)? This Element, the first on its topic, explores the ways that virtual reality can be used in the classroom and the ways that it might radically change how students experience and think about Shakespeare in performance.

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    January 2022
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    9781009007870
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    Table of Contents

    • Introduction Stephen Wittek & David McInnis
    • Part I. Why Shakespeare and Virtual Reality?:
    • 1. What can Shakespeare do for VR? Jennifer Roberts-Smith
    • 2. As We Are [Hacked] with Art: The Shakespearean Imagination in the Virtual Age Scott Hollifield
    • Part II. Education:
    • 3. VR in the Classroom David McInnis
    • 4. Imagination Bodies Forth: Augmenting Shakespeare with Undergraduates Emily Bryan
    • 5. Real Presence in the Virtual Classroom Erin Sullivan
    • Part III. Current Projects and Future Directions:
    • 6. Infinite Space, from Theatre to Film to Virtual Reality Michael Ullyot
    • 7. 'Death or punishment by the hands of others': Presence, Absence, and VR in Red Bull Theater's The White Devil (2019) Jennifer A. Low
    • 8. Spaces in Headsets and Heads Set in Spaces: Notes on Shakespeare and Virtual Reality Stephen Wittek
    • Annotated Bibliography Justin Carpenter
    • References.
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      Contributors
    • Stephen Wittek, David McInnis, Jennifer Roberts-Smith, Scott Hollifield, David McInnis, Emily Bryan, Erin Sullivan, Michael Ullyot, Jennifer A. Low, Justin Carpenter

    • Editors
    • Stephen Wittek , Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
    • David McInnis , University of Melbourne