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By adapting Boris Vian’s work for a virtual reality device, the idea is to offer the audience the opportunity to experience the sensations, emotions, sounds, roughness and colors of this jewel of literary heritage, to offer a contemporary and innovative interpretation, as an answer to the question «How can Boris Vian’s work be showcased 100 years after his birth...?».

The public is invited to enter Colin’s room (the main character of Froth on the Daydream): a poetic, interactive and sensory experience behind closed doors. Inside, the spectators dive into the heart of the universe of Froth on the Daydream. Inside, the spectators dive into the heart of the universe of Froth on the Daydream. They are quickly invited to interact in a playful and instinctive way with Boris Vian’s key inventions - such as the Pianocktail, the Biglemoi, and the anti-nymph flowers - to advance the story and trigger funny or dramatic situations.

5 to 8 spectators are invited to enter the immersive space of the Cube, a travelling 360° immersive device, to live a 15-minute interactive and collective experience. Colin’s room, dreamlike and luminous, will be transformed throughout the experience, as in Boris Vian’s novel: the virtual settings projected on the 360° screen are animated so that the spectators have the feeling that the environment is changing in real time. Drawn into the universe that unfolds around them, taken to interact with the story, they find themselves at the heart of the action.

To move from one sequence to the next, the spectator are invited, at specific moments, to enter into the shoes of Colin in order to experience the key inventions of Boris Vian’s work. From then on, they interact, through movement and action with the narrative, visual and sound universe projected around him in this unique technical set-up. By carrying out key actions, they explore the interactive frameworks and trigger the rest of the story.

A modern and contemporary visual universe has been designed specifically for Froth on the Daydream XR in Le Cube. Following initial filming of the live performance, the images were tailored and configured to the specific format of this set-up, requiring rigorous development and integration within specific software and engines.