If I could have been in one of the shows of “Fantasmagorie” by Gaspard Robertson in 1797, at that time, the first reaction I would have had would have been curiosity to know what was happening in the theater and at the same time fear for what was going to happen, because at that time the supernatural phenomena were beginning to become famous. Inside the show, everything was dark and the smoke made it seem that the ghosts and specters were really floating in front of us, I would have felt terrified, because surely the screams of the other people also made the atmosphere more terrifying. I would have gone home in fear that some ghost from the show would follow me and appear in the dark.
And the first thing that came to my mind today that is the closest thing to the shows at that time, would be the haunted houses or houses of terror that are in the fairs in some towns or cities. Because they use the environment around you, the smoke and ghosts to make you feel that same sense of fear and at that moment just think that everything is real even if it is not. And virtual reality, which now without the need to be in a theater you can feel the whole experience from your home and in some places make it more immersive by creating a 4D scenario.
