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Rose Bruford's XR stage: Reality check

With the theatre industry abuzz with discussions about the potential benefits of AI and VR, Laura Clark visits Rose Bruford College’s brand-new extended reality stage.
 Rose Bruford XR launch event
Rose Bruford XR launch event - Ben Wilkin

Have you ever felt like your mind was somewhere else in class? Somewhere it’s never been before, a whole alternative reality? Well, if you’re enrolling as a Theatre Studies student at Rose Bruford College, you very well might. The college recently opened its new, cutting-edge XR stage, designed for training in virtual production and extended reality. The relationship between AI (artificial intelligence) and performance is tangled, with many believing this kind of technology poses a threat to the arts. We are simultaneously concerned and intrigued by AI, but there might be more harmonious opportunities to be had with AI’s less sophisticated but more approachable cousin, VR (virtual reality).

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