From Virtual-Reality Fusion to Comprehensive Virtual: The Future of the Performing Arts

Abstract

The performing arts have experienced the transformation from traditional to digital in the twentieth century and now are on the edge of digital to virtual phase. In this process, digital media technologies make significant effort to mediate conventional performances, which bring new features to some aspects of performing arts. This paper examines the phenomenon through space, body and interactivity these three fundamental elements to check what has happened during the transition and what new characteristics appear. Despite theory discussion, this article also uses fresh examples such as virtual idol, virtual performance, online game entertainment event and other like to investigate the connotations of the concepts about immersion, embodiment, presence in digital virtual environment.