Personal devices connect us constantly to the cloud, blending blessing and curse in online spaces optimized for attention and extremes. This abstract narrative experience probes designs for future digital realms through a lighthearted VR investigation. Players upload their mind as user U to a dystopian virtual holiday at the Cloud Hotel, seeking relaxation before transcending to technological nirvana.
Figure out the world's rules amid distractions in this indie VR adventure. The free-to-play action lasts about 15 minutes as an offbeat interactive snack. It suits players who enjoy short, thoughtful explorations of digital pressures and performance demands.
Our personal devices are so embedded in our everyday lives that it has become an extension of the body. It is the entrance to a world of seemingly no limitations; always and everywhere connected to the cloud and therefore to each other. A blessing and a curse. The utopian online spaces once imagined were optimized into money machines reinforcing anything that gains attention, reflecting a reality of extremes. The virtual online space exploits our feelings through social media and advertising. This experience lightheartedly investigates how we should design future online spaces.
In an attempt to escape reality, U, a user, wants to experience a relaxing stay at the virtual cloud hotel, a perfect stepping stone before one transcends to the Cloud, technological nirvana. Living in a digital world, U strives to satisfy their inner pressure to perform and reach the status they think they deserve.
Upload your mind to the cloud and immerse yourself in a dystopian virtual holiday in the Cloud Hotel. In this abstract narrative experience, it is up to you to figure out the rules of the world while your attention is diverted.
CLOUDED VR was created as an interactive offbeat VR snack of about 15min. by Uni_verse studio in collaboration with Antfood for RGBXYZ digital art gallery.
Original idea by Vincent Boon & Enzo Soubra.
