OUTERNET London
Enchanted Forest: the Melody of Spirits

A silent forest, once alive with melody, now lies still. Visitors are invited to help bring the music back by scanning a QR code, generating their own unique spirit character, and taking part in a live multiplayer orchestra. Using their phones, guests will trigger different sound layers to rebuild the lost melody and bring the forest to life again. Every participant becomes part of the music.

A first-of-its-kind, fully immersive, interactive musical adventure - completely free for audiences of all ages.

Enchanted Forest introduces a new form of audio-visual experience, space where guests come together to create unique and mesmerising orchestral symphonies.

Our aim with this experience was to create a moment of magic — a space that lifts spirits, invites wonder, and offers a joyful pause from the fast pace of London life. 
By turning the mobile device into a tool for connector with the huge canvas, we embraced technology not as the focus, but as the enabler of something bigger: a shared, collaborative experience that brings people together in delight. Every time uniquely created by the collaboration of the audience.

The experience blends cutting-edge real-time multiplayer technology with live audience interaction, Enchanted Forest responds in real time to visitors movements, actions, and musical choices. With limitless variations per session, each performance evolves into something unique - an ever-changing composition shaped entirely by the people in the room.

To bring high performance interactive to live, we utilized Unreal Engine for rendering and Ventuz for pushing pixels and parts of the interactions on the LED's. The interactive visuals are topped of with our custom composed sounds that have 51 surround experience utilising a massive array of L'Acoustics speakers.

One of the most exciting challenges in developing the live interaction was crafting its emotional core: the music.

In close collaboration with Entertainment Development, we created a rich library of individual instrument tracks and an immersive soundscape designed to stir real emotion - goosebumps included. Striking the right balance between subtle and high-intensity interactions took extensive testing, but the result is a dynamic audio experience that adapts beautifully in real time, always delivering an evocative, seamless soundscape.