Hearing the Space: Spatial Audio in XR | XR Innovate Masterclass 2
Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry~Londonderry
Admission: Free
Admission
Free
Run Times & Intervals
2.30pm–4pm (including up to 30 minutes for participant Q&A)
Age Guidance
18+
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How do you create a world you can’t see but can still feel completely immersed in?
Delivered by: Victoria Eyton (DARKFIELD)
This masterclass delves into the role of spatial audio in XR and the emotional and narrative impact of binaural sound. Led by DARKFIELD’s Victoria Eyton, the session explores how immersive sound design can create presence, manipulate perception, and drive audience experience, particularly in non-visual environments.
Drawing from DARKFIELD’s globally renowned container-based audio experiences, Victoria will unpack how texture, location and rhythm shape the narrative arc in XR spaces and leave lasting psychological impressions.
Designed especially for creatives who are curious about using spatial sound, this session will highlight how sound alone can deliver world-building, storytelling, and embodied experience.
About DARKFIELD
DARKFIELD produces innovative immersive experiences at the forefront of theatre and technology. Blending cutting-edge binaural 360° sound, sensory effects, and pitch-black environments, DARKFIELD’s container-based performances immerse each participant at the centre of carefully engineered, often unsettling narratives. Their experiences combine performance art with technical precision, stripping away the visual to amplify the visceral.
Since 2016, DARKFIELD has reached over half a million people globally with works featured at BFI London Film Festival, Venice, Tribeca, SXSW, Raindance, and IDFA. Their digital productions have also been recognised internationally, including winning the 2021 Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab Breakthrough Award for innovation in narrative form.
Meet Victoria Eyton
Victoria Eyton is an experienced immersive producer and creative lead who has worked with DARKFIELD since 2016 across all major projects. She has been central to the development and international touring of DARKFIELD’s container-based experiences, and brings deep expertise in spatial audio, immersive theatre, and audience-led storytelling.
Prior to DARKFIELD, Victoria spent nearly a decade with the pioneering immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, and her wider credits include work on ABBA’s sold-out immersive experience The Voyage. She is also co-founder of Ida XR Studio & Network, which supports women, trans, and non-binary professionals in immersive and emerging technologies. Victoria's work sits at the intersection of narrative, technology, and audience psychology, crafting experiences that are intimate, transformative, and unforgettable.
About the XR Innovate Programme
The XR Innovate training programme is open to a wide range of creatives including those from the screen industries looking to transition into immersive technologies or pursue CPD opportunities, those eager to explore immersive in their creative practice, and students and graduates seeking to gain practical skills to begin their careers.
Funders
The XR Innovate programme is funded by Northern Ireland Screen, supported by the BFI and The National Lottery.
