Smith, Benjamin D.Cox, Robin2017-09-142017-09-142016Smith, B. and Cox, R (2016). Big Tent: A Portable Immersive Intermedia Environment. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.bbp2372.2016.066https://hdl.handle.net/1805/14070Big Tent, a large scale portable environment for 360 degree immersive video and audio artistic presentation and research, is described and initial experiences are reported. Unlike other fully-surround environments of considerable size, Big Tent may be easily transported and setup in any space with adequate foot print, allowing immersive, interactive content to be brought to non-typical audiences and environments. Construction and implementation of Big Tent focused on maximizing portability by minimizing setup and tear down time, crew requirements, maintenance costs, and transport costs. A variety of different performance and installation events are discussed, exploring the possibilities Big Tent presents to contemporary multi-media artistic creation.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesBig Tentportable environment360 degree immersive videoArticle