WELSH NATIONAL OPERA - MAGIC BUTTERFLY

Created at REWIND in collaboration with the WNO, Magic Butterfly is two VR experiences aimed at different audiences. The experience toured Wales before going on to Hong Kong and the V&A as part of their opera season. Magic Butterfly picked up multiple award nominations and three wins.

Madam Butterfly used mocap performance capture to create an “impossible staging” of Madam Butterfly with Cio-Cio-san forming out of a swarm of butterflies. Created using a combination of Unity and Houdini the experience pushed the limits of what can be achieved on the Google Daydream platform.

Magic Flute was aimed at a younger audience and encouraged interaction with the music through drawing shapes in the air to call the cast of animals out of the woods.