reset.discover (for VR and ambisonics) [2018]

The piece reset.discover is the result of a collaboration between composer Antonia Manhartsberger and the VR artist Constantinos Miltiadis, investigating the possibilities of uniting spatial-visual and spatial-sonic elements into one abstract spatio-temporal virtual environment. The piece develops over notions of proximity and distance, thus consisting of two layers of experience. An individual point of view controlled by a VR HMD and headphones, and a correlated surrounding spatial audio loudspeaker setup. The audience is called upon to discover and experience this synthetic surrounding.