WAY TOO FAR XR, INC.
Immersive Systems for Performance, Culture, and Public Space
               
The Next TiMeS New York Live Arts Premiere
Emerging Technology & Storytelling Residency  + Summit
Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends
There Goes Nikki Tribeca Immersive Official Selection
Unsorted Depths Jacob’s Pillow, PillowLab
Psalm for the Mismemoried
Distance Anatomy
DEMO 2024 XR Track @ New Inc
Duende: A Live Video Opera
Illumination: Tracing the Paths of Black Economics in America
Red Summers VR presented by The Guardian
Suga’ Sundance New Frontiers Selection
While You Wait...2.0 supported by LMCC & UMEZ grants


Floating tryptych design by Carlos Johns-Dávila with interactive mocap system to navigate 360º video and surround audio with gesture control for Psalm for the Mismemoried by Cara Page & Philip Sanchez.


Way Too Far XR is a creative studio specializing in audiovisual design, immersive production, consulting, and hands-on workshop training in XR (extended reality) and interactive media. Founded by Carlos Johns-Dávila, a Peruvian American multimedia artist and composer, the studio develops tech/art installations, performances, and educational experiences that blend technology, storytelling, and cultural research. Based in New York City and working out of Prime Produce Apprentice Cooperative, with projects extending to Philadelphia, Carlos also serves as a co-owner of Black Heart, bringing a collaborative, community-driven approach to every project.

Contact
cjohnsdavila@gmail.com
IG: @carlosjohnsdavila
Aug, 2023Duende: A Live Video Opera Carla Canales & 
Carlos Johns-Dávila
NYC
Projection Design by
Carlos Johns-Dávila


For Duende: A Live Video Opera, inspired by the writings of Federico García Lorca and created with vocalist Carla Canales, my projection design approach centered on visualizing the emotional intensity and cultural depth embedded in Lorca’s concept of “duende.” Drawing from Latinx cultural motifs, archival textures, and abstract video compositions, I developed a live visual system that moved in dialogue with the music—amplifying themes of soul, darkness, and transformation. The projections functioned as an expressive extension of the performance, shifting between intimacy and spectacle to support a reimagining of Canciones Antiguas through a contemporary, diasporic lens. This work reflects my approach to projection design as a way of translating cultural and emotional resonance into immersive, time-based visual environments.