Le Bal de Paris: Taipei Edition
VR Technical Director for the Venice Award-winning free-roam VR experience, bridging live performance with multi-user virtual environments across a 7-month residency in Taiwan.
Overview
As the Taiwan-France VR Technical Director, I led the technical deployment and daily operations of Le Bal de Paris: Taipei Edition, a large-scale free-roam VR experience that merged live dance performance with immersive virtual environments. Originally created by Blanca Li Company and awarded Best VR Experience at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, the Taipei edition was co-produced by Surprise Lab and VIVE Arts, running for 7 months and reaching over 7,500 participants, setting a new record for VR residency shows in Taiwan.
My Role
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Taiwan-France Technical Coordination — Served as the bridge between the French original production team and the Taiwan deployment team. Studied and understood the original work’s full technical pipeline and details, then planned a feasible localization strategy, adapting infrastructure for the Taipei venue’s specific requirements in networking, power distribution, and server architecture.
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LBE Infrastructure & 5G Streaming — Integrated HTC’s Location-Based Entertainment system to manage 20 VR headsets simultaneously, leveraging 5G as the primary wireless streaming protocol to ensure low-latency, high-bandwidth delivery across all concurrent participants.
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Dual Tracking System Alignment — Aligned two distinct tracking systems: the headset’s built-in LBE positional tracking and a full-body motion capture pipeline using 6 VIVE Trackers per performer. Calibrating and synchronizing these systems enabled live performers and audiences to coexist and interact fluidly within a shared high-fidelity virtual space.
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Team Building & Training — Assembled and trained an 8-person local operations team from the ground up, covering VR equipment handling, performer rigging, audience management, and live troubleshooting to ensure every show ran smoothly.
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Long-term Operations & SOP — Established systematic reporting and troubleshooting SOPs, enabling the team to diagnose and resolve on-site technical issues in real time. This operational framework was key to sustaining a 7-month daily run with consistent quality.
