Google gives online arts viewers prime seats
Washington:
Google on Tuesday began
letting online viewers get prime seats to ballets, operas and orchestra
concerts, or even virtually step on stage with performers.
Google Cultural Institute launched an immersive 360-degree viewing experience
in an alliance with more than 60 performing arts organizations, including
Carnegie Hall and the Paris Opera.
"The
new Performing Arts exhibition gives you a view that`s even closer than a
front-row seat in the house," Institute director Amit Sood said in a blog
post.
"With
360-degree performance recordings, you can choose a dancer`s-eye view of the
crowd, or look down from the stage into the orchestra pit."
Members
of virtual audiences are also given opportunities to peek backstage
"At
the world`s leading performing arts venues -- like Carnegie Hall, the Berliner
Philharmonie, the Bolshoi Theatre -- artists, costume designers, musicians,
stage crews and many more all come together to create the perfect moment on
stage," Sood said.
"And
now you can join them."Online
visitors can visit the wig workshop at the opera house in Brussels or peer at
the historic arches beneath the stage of the Fundacao Teatro Municipal in Sao
Paolo, according to Google.
Street
View imagery in Google Maps will provide backstage scenes, and let people check
out views from various parts of venues.
"We
have enjoyed working with the Google team over many months to look ahead,
exploring new ways that technology can provide access to the world of Carnegie
Hall," said the executive director of the New York City facility, Clive Gillinson.
"We
appreciate their strong commitment to sharing the power of the arts and the
work of so many great institutions with people everywhere."
The
Google Cultural Institute was founded in 2011 to enable anyone with an Internet
connection to have access to arts from around the world, according to Sood.
The
institute started with partnerships with a small number of museums and not
boasts alliances with more than 900 institutions.
More information about its offerings is available online at
google.com/culturalinstitute/home.
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