The Looped Grove: Ritualistic Narratives, Memory, and Presence 

In a Virtual Reality Environment

The Looped Grove was developed as a practice-as-research project undertaken as part of the Digital Scenography module within the MPhil program in Digital Arts and Intermedia Practices at Trinity College Dublin, 2024-25. "The Looped Grove" is an experimental extended reality (XR) project that utilises the Unity game engine as the virtual reality (VR) development environment, Generative AI as a rapid prototyping tool, and the Meta Quest 3 headset as the VR hardware and deployment platform. Drawing on practice as research and reflective methods, this analysis examines the intersection of digital scenography, ritualistic narrative, and immersive sound design.