The newly launched Sphinx Meta Theatre Festival in Beijing serves as a visual feast of theatrical performances supported by cutting-edge technology. The event kicked off on April 15 and will run through the May Day holiday, featuring 65 plays that can be enjoyed both online and offline.
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China’s first metaverse theater festival kicked off in Beijing on Saturday. With various AI-related technology set to be used during the 23-day festival, the theater productions aim to break the boundaries of time and space to provide avant-garde experiences to audiences throughout China.

This is the first time ever that a theater festival has tried to ­integrate itself with the notion of the metaverse, which  director Meng Jinghui described as “a chance, and a start for this art form.” 
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“Every revolution in technology brings a renaissance in art,” well-known Chinese theater director Meng Jinghui told the Global Times in an interview. His most recent efforts seek to bring a unique theater play to people everywhere through the power of the internet.

Integrating modern technology into stage theater, Meng’s international theater festival exploring the notion of the Metaverse will be held from April 15 until May 7 with the participation of hundreds of artists from all over the nation. 

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