Category Archives: art

POV Edit: Star War’s Obi-Wan Kenobi

Posted on March 3, 2018 by dustinfreeman

I’ve taken Star Wars I-VI and cut out every scene that Obi-Wan Kenobi didn’t directly witness. I wasn’t trying to make a movie, and the end result has some bumpy transitions, but in the spirit of this upcoming standalone film, … Continue reading →

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Studying Narratives in Small Spaces, Part 3: Conversations

Posted on January 2, 2018 by dustinfreeman

At the Augmented & Virtual Reality roundtables at GDC 2015, there was consensus that moving a player through space made them uneasy. While in the future, I’m sure we’ll discover interesting tricks to ease the transition, what if we aren’t … Continue reading →

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“What’s the most insane technical thing you did that actually worked?”

Posted on March 5, 2017 by dustinfreeman

Or, How I Fixed A Real-Time Image Transmission Protocol For A Live Event By Making A Numbers Station The evening before the GDC round table panel on Location-Based Stories, I was with most of them in a pub. I ended … Continue reading →

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Questions to Ask after an Underwhelming Art Experience

Posted on February 21, 2017 by dustinfreeman

Is this at 90% of being amazing and needs to be pushed/polished just a little or is it actually at 20% and there’s a ton more work? If it’s a long way from being good, is the path to success … Continue reading →

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NYC Immersive Theatre Review

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dustinfreeman

I finally set aside time over New Year’s to see all the immersive theatre in New York City that people have been bugging me to see. Here’s a terse listing of them all. NOTE: all of those shows are great … Continue reading →

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The Painting — An Immersive iBeacon Theatre Experience Powered by Webble SmartSpot

Posted on August 12, 2015 by dustinfreeman

Here is a first-person walkthrough of an immersive theatre show I did with Joshua Marx, as part of Floodlight Productions. We built it in a section of The SpeakeasySF while it was still under construction. UPDATE: See my talk at … Continue reading →

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Studying Narratives in Small Spaces, Part 2: Boats

Posted on April 29, 2015 by dustinfreeman

At the Augmented & Virtual Reality roundtables at GDC 2015, there was consensus that moving a player through space made them uneasy. While in the future, I’m sure we’ll discover interesting tricks to ease the transition, what if we aren’t … Continue reading →

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Studying Narratives in Small Spaces, Part 1: Mysteries

Posted on March 30, 2015 by dustinfreeman

At the Augmented & Virtual Reality roundtables at GDC 2015, there was consensus that moving a player through space made them uneasy. While in the future, I’m sure we’ll discover interesting tricks to ease the transition, what if we aren’t … Continue reading →

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Appears to Take on Meaning…

Posted on October 8, 2014 by dustinfreeman

I’m in the midst of writing up my thesis, an unnaturally large document that I both want to just finish, but also have the urge to encapsulate every thought I’ve had in my life to this date. Some of my … Continue reading →

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Improv Remix Call For Performers: July 28th – August 3rd, 2014

Posted on July 15, 2014 by dustinfreeman

Dustin Freeman and Montgomery Martin are looking for 3-5 performers of any age and demographic with a background in improv or comedy to collaboratively playtest a live video remix system. Performers will interact with an array of motion sensors and … Continue reading →

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