One World 2087
A one-night journey to the year 2087 that ended with an elevator ride to space. A special project with One World Immersive.
About the project
One World 2087 was an immersive theater experience about a hopeful future. Guests traveled to the year 2087, met ambassadors from the future, and ended the night with an elevator ride to space, built to give them the Overview Effect: what astronauts feel when they see the whole Earth at once.
It debuted as a sold-out, one-night show in Denver. More than 40 artists, designers, fabricators, and performers turned the venue into a garden spaceport, and the elevator made more than 100 trips for over 400 guests.
We made it with One World Immersive, founded by Chris Clavio. Chris is a new media artist and creative director who spent five years helping build Meow Wolf from a Santa Fe art collective into an immersive entertainment company. He oversaw the development and delivery of three of its locations.
“It was so beautiful to see the world below. It made you feel so small.”Melanie Y., a guest
How we built it
Cam and Chris started collaborating to learn how immersive attractions get made. Chris had been developing an elevator ride to space, small enough to build right away, so we built it together.
A tabletop model
One weekend in Denver: a 1:12 model with screens for windows, lights, sound, and a rumbling floor.
A VR version
The ride rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5. A former astronaut called it “pretty damn close.”
A full-size ride
Six weeks, a Denver crew, and a four-person ride vehicle with its own show control and soundtrack.
Opening night
One sold-out night with Invisible City, then an extra week so more people could ride.
Photos
The elevator, waiting for its next trip. 
The elevator captain, with Earth below. 
Inside the elevator. 
Cam and Chris as flight crew.
Photos: One World Immersive.
Credits
- Executive producers
- Chris Clavio, Cameron Wiese
- Operations
- Chad Conti, Sarah Dallas
- Event producers
- Parker Dome Rechsteiner, Christie Anthony, Paul Laurie, Debjit Das
- Performance producers
- Bailey Harper, Nicholas Caputo, Cerene Shapard, Fronzo Gilkey, James Brunt, Leah Cardenas, Beau Fisher
- Flight crew
- Ruben Reece, Janet Reyes, Aaron Wentz, Colton Dupree
- Costume design
- Kate Major
- Documentary
- Brekon Baxter, Justin Groom
- Design and fabrication
- Yul Jorgensen, Eric Anderson, Forest Hinnegan, Ryan Meeks
- Software
- John-Mark Collins
- Tech fabrication
- Betty Simpson, Nathan Koral, Michael Loeffler, Charlie Dixon, Sid Darling, Beck
- Sound design
- Brian Mayhall, Paul Groetzinger
- Lighting design
- Jack Koch
- Voiceover
- Rod Harrison
- Special thanks
- O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Invisible City, Chris Ergen, Danny Newman, Sean Herman, Ryan Young, Kenny Peterson, Annie Phillips, Yosefa Kornwitz, Peter Maurelli, Lysander Cramer, Hannie Lyles, Wes Butchko, Anthony Cross, Jade Love