Pleasure Palace

Site-specific VR theatre at Hampton Court

Pleasure Palace was a site-specific VR theatre experience created for selected guests of Historic Royal Palaces at Hampton Court. We joined the project with only ten days from initial concept to delivery, requiring a rapid technical workflow that could support both the historic location and a live performance component.

The virtual environment replicated features of a Hampton Court banqueting room using photogrammetry. Our main focus was the live-actor pipeline: we developed an efficient motion-capture and portable 3D-scanning approach that allowed performers to be transferred quickly into the virtual world and integrated into the VR narrative.

Visitor wearing a VR headset in an ornate historic room during Pleasure Palace.
Black Tears in Rain lettering repeated at the bottom of a white graphic.
Two participants using VR headsets in a gilded room during the Pleasure Palace experience.