{"id":283,"date":"2024-09-20T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdinteractive.com\/wordpress\/?p=283"},"modified":"2025-09-15T23:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:56:56","slug":"mary-shelley-lives-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdinteractive.com\/wordpress\/2024\/09\/20\/mary-shelley-lives-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Shelley Lives Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"283\" class=\"elementor elementor-283\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f1c39fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f1c39fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;section_wpkoi_tricks_particles&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f87b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f87b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:more --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:more --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mary Shelley wrote \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 but also \u2018The Last Man\u2019, a dystopia about a world that is dying due to climate change and war, and people that are too preoccupied with their own personal growth and happiness to change the tides. The book was inspired on her own life, dealing with losing friends and family and trying to find a new way to live, alone.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Live VR experience \u2018Mary Shelley Lives Here\u2019 now shows Mary as \u2018The Last Man\u2019 of her own book, living alone on a small island, in harmony with nature. Her visitors (the audience) get to personify the people in her life and re-enact her story with her. A live immersive experience about coming to terms with death, losing your tight group of friends and starting a new life as an individual.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This live experience has been written and directed by Jedidjah Julia Noomen, with worldbuilding by Max Beffert. Many thanks to\u00a0 Ferryman Collective for sharing their knowledge on live VR acting. The show takes place in VRChat and is playable with Quest headsets as well as PCVR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews and articles:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kingstontheatre.ca\/a-vr-journey-pxr-2024-is-here\/\">Kingston Theatre Alliance Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Shows:<br \/><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/elo25.org\/\">ELO25<\/a>\u00a010-13 July 2025<br \/>FIVARS 2025<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.performanceandxr.com\/e\/pxr2024-mary-shelley-lives-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PXR Conference<\/a> November 2024<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"id\":407,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdinteractive.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5ad859f4c9ec43609edc89b385b8f6e1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- 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