Year: 2024 Length: 00:30:00 Categories: Film / TV / Video, Computer / Internet, virtual reality, animation film
Project type: Diplom
This piece explores the worlds of VRChat and its experiences through its worlds. In VRChat, users can create their own avatars and worlds, share them, and interact with others. The worlds reference real-world places and events, with each world reflecting dilemmas and conflicts between the real and virtual worlds. For example, threats of nuclear power, societal structures dependent on electricity, the struggles of material recycling versus a dystopia without recycling, and the concept of physical death versus eternal life in the digital realm. Each world has its own unique gimmicks, allowing visitors to experience them and communicate with each other in real-time. Additionally, documentary videos recording social activities on this platform have been produced as a byproduct of the work.
Collaboration:
Concept / Design / 3D Modeling / 3D Gaming Engineer: Mayuko Kudo
Supervision:
Prof. Zil Lilas Prof. Dr. Fatima Kastner Karin Lingnau
Authors:
Mayuko Kudo
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.