Bryson Tiller’s “Trapsoul World Series” immersive livestream

The challenge

Los Angeles-based Xite Labs were tasked with one of their longest and most complex real-time projects for singer/songwriter Bryson Tiller's “Trapsoul World Series” immersive livestream. The livestream aimed to present Tiller in a series of six different worlds linked by a narrative flowing through the songs. Xite Labs were tasked with providing stunning xR content for 14 different songs performed in four virtual ‘worlds’ - each with distinct appearances and themes.

The solution

The virtual worlds included a virtual lounge that fell away to reveal a fractal world of galaxies, nebulas and spaceships, a time theme with a mountain desert landscape and a flight through a moonlit sky, guerrilla warfare transforming into a neon jungle as well as stark hallways with bold, flat lighting, colour-changing walls and silhouettes. Throughout, Tiller appeared to perform on a moving platform, which served as the anchor point transporting him from one otherworldly environment to another.

Xite used its proven in-house workflow featuring a disguise gx 2c as the primary xR controller, while running scenes in Unreal Engine on disguise rx via RenderStream. Front-plate elements were created in Notch to further link Tiller into each of the unique worlds.