In June 2025, the XTREME team carried out an important data capture session in Limerick, Ireland, with the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO) and world-class Norwegian violinist and conductor Henning Kraggerud. This milestone event brought together representatives from several XTREME partners to advance our shared goal: accurately capturing dynamic performances in space and time, enabling immersive and interactive MR applications that showcase the full potential of XTREME technologies.
The session featured a performance of The Four Seasons, composed by Henning Kraggerud and performed together with the ICO musicians. The event was coordinated at the project level by XTREME project coordinator Sami S. Brandt, with creative directionby Ane Skak (XTREME creative producer), and technical production by Paul Tennent (UoN). Local organization and hosting were managed by Martin Cunneen (ULIM), Gerry Keenan and Cathriona Murphy (ICO).
Audio and visual recordings using multiple advanced techniques were conducted by the ITU, IIT, UoN teams, ensuring high-precision capture of the spatial sound and acoustics, and video of the event. XTREME team members engaged in the capture wereHarshit, Leo Vitasovic, Christian Sivertsen, Ariel Gjaci, Richard Ramchurn. Dolby Atmos recording was performed by Daniel Davidsen from 3C Sound.
As part of the session, Agnes Kloft from Aalto University conducted a live audience study with nine audience members, providing valuable insights into audience perception and engagement during performances in XR — a critical aspect of XTREME’s research.
This session was a true collaborative effort, and we extend our sincere thanks to Henning Kraggerud and the ICO musicians for their artistry, dedication, and outstanding performance. We also give special thanks to Martin Cunneen (ULIM), Gerry Keenan, and Cathriona Murphy (ICO), for their tremendous effort in organising and making this event possible.
This data capture marks an important step forward in XTREME’s ambition to merge high-quality artistic production with cutting-edge mixed reality technology. We look forward to sharing more results from this work in the months to come.
📸: Christian Sivertsen
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