The virtual opera house

Musicals! Dance! Concerts! And now, pixels! The Gothenburg Opera is so much more than arias. So, we were super excited for the chance to make it virtual as well, to let a younger audience experience the magic of the Opera the digital way. Enter Operaverse in VR, mobile and browser.

The Gothenburg Opera wanted to reach a younger audience and find a new way to showcase what they do. In a workshop with 150 people ages 18-35 a vision for Operaverse was born and together with &friends we made it real.

Through design sprints, prototyping and close collaboration with the Gothenburg Opera we built a magical VR experience, a mobile app and website. Building in Unity we took advantage of the game engine's powers to create an experience using mixed reality, full 3D, 360 - 180 video, webview and much, much more.

Credits Operaverse

Eva Essvik - Project Lead
Alexander Tengner - Producer & Designer
Christer Hedberg - &friends - Mission Lead
John Rejnäs - Producer
Jonas Sandstedt - Lead Game Programmer & XR Experience Designer
Tom Hammar - 3D Artist, Concept Artist
John Pollnow - Writer & Voice Over Technician
Jimmy Saarela - Programmer
Olof Lundberg - 3D Artist Intern
Fabian Wickstrom - Level Design Intern
Ronja Mattsson - Programmer Intern

Operaverse Intro - Interactive experience
Tom Hammar - 3D Artist, Concept Artist
Jonas Sandstedt - Programmer
Alexander Tengner - Art Direction
Fabian Wickstrom - Level Design Intern
Johan Pollnow, &friends - Copywriter
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Copywriter & audio editor
Karin Mårtenson Ghods, GöteborgsOperan - Voice Artist
Olof Lundberg - 3D Artist Intern

Opera Star - Interactive opera challenge
Mavel Bautista - Soprano
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Director & editor
Dan Offerlind, GöteborgsOperan - Cinematographer

Luthando - 180 3D video
Luthando Qave, GöteborgsOperan - Baritone
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Director & editor
Alexander Tengner - Art direction
Dan Offerlind, GöteborgsOperan - Cinematographer

Skid - 180 3D video
Göteborgs Danskompani
Gorki Glaser-Müller - 360 Cinematographer

Drama Queen - Interactive radio quiz
Johan Pollnow, &friends - Idea & copywriter
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Creative Director
Tobias Ahlsell, GöteborgsOperan - Voice Artist
Midnight Machines - Design & production

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - 360 video
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Director, editor & ai images
Dan Offerlind, GöteborgsOperan - 360 Cinematographer

Dance - Interactive VR dance experience
Jonas Sandstedt - Programmer
Jonas Sandstedt - XR Experience Designer
Tom Hammar - 3D Artist
Olof Lundberg - 3D Artist Intern
Tobias Ahlsell, GöteborgsOperan - Choreograhper
Christer Hedberg, &friends - Voice Artist

Additional credits:

Everyone who have helped to test the apps on Fully Studios, &Friends