A-m-a-z-i-n-g. This is really cool immersive vr art experience! You really feel like you'd be there in the room with massive displays. Well done! More stuff like this please =)
Ricerca VR
- Release Date:
- May 3, 2016
- Developer:
- Yo-Yo Lin, Mike Murdock, William Paul Cowan Jr., The Family, LLC, Neilson K-S
- Publisher:
- The Family, LLC
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
This film was originally experienced on 5 different projection screens in an art gallery space with custom-designed 8 channel surround sound, and has since then been re-created virtually in order to showcase the art installation experience to more people with ease. Created by artist animator Yo-Yo Lin, Ricerca is a media installation that combines the virtues of cinematic storytelling with that of installation art, an experience designed to tell compelling stories in a more intimate format.
Ricerca pushes boundaries in storytelling by creating a cinematic experience every viewer will experience and interpret differently by how they move around in space. The installation beckons viewers to physically move in and around the animated film and explore the three-dimensional soundscape in the room, giving viewers the ability to develop a highly personal relationship with the film and go on their own self-search through time.
"Ricerca VR" is itself its own unique experience- instead of being in a room with other viewers, one goes on their own meditative journey in solitude. Just as in the physical art installation, the entire experience loops over after 12 minutes, giving the viewer opportunities to ruminate over the experience many times. The narrative is structured to have no clear beginning or end, drawing from the director’s Buddhist beliefs of reincarnation and flow of karmic energy.
The sound design and musical score come together to create a directed experience in 360 space, allowing viewers to effectively follow a narrative on five screens by following certain hard sounds in different parts of the room. While there are directional sounds present to tell the viewer where to look, ambient sounds are spread throughout the room to create an immersive world for the viewer themselves to explore freely. Using Two Big Ear's 3Dception, our team effectively re-created our soundscape for Ricerca VR.
While Ricerca VR is no game, it presents an interesting idea of how art installations can live on in virtual space, changing our perception of a temporal-based medium into one that has the potential to live on in a digital afterlife. Ricerca VR asks the questions, how will virtual reality be used to archive and distribute art? Will a virtual gallery system appear as the line between art and technology continue to be blurred? How can we foster the human experience that is integral in art-viewing with a medium like virtual reality? We hope Ricerca VR is a start to answering these questions.
Yo-Yo Lin- Director and Animator
Will Cherry- Producer
Michael Matchen- Composer
Elle Callahan- Sound Design
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User Reviews
I love to see content like this growing up, VR is not only meant to be game oriented. The installation itself was good, it makes you feel like you are in the museum. Great work!
Delightful VR experience!
[h1]Experienced on Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] This is a purely cinematic experience. This isn't really VR. You're in a VR environment sure, but it's just a sad white room with 5 big screens where you can see a 2D film play on on those 5 screens and you can sort of get immersed in the different happenings on each screen. Sometimes there will only be one screen showing, other times all 5 screen will be showing different perspectives of the story. Whole affairs takes approximately 12 minutes (the experience does restart on its own and has an abrupt conclusion). There is good spatial audio. The drawings and animations, in my opinion, were not all that great. The story was very artistic and experimental. There is no dialogue. This experience really wasn't my cup of tea. You may enjoy it more than I did, but I can only give it a neutral recommendation, mostly due to the low price. [b]Rate 5/10. Buy if you're into artsy, college-level productions.[/b]
It is a genuine looped art demonstration that fits perfectly into a VR space (with added binaural audio). The screens use heavily compressed video, though, and it shows in the darker scenes and the ones with lots of slower movement. When I purchased it, it was $0.99 which I feel is perectly priced for what it is. This is a good demonstration of what VR can do outside of games.
Well executed. Not sure I fully understood it but if you like arty stuff then join me in supporting Yo-Yolin and buy it! A nice feast for the senses :-)
Very engaging art piece. Very good binaural soundtrack. Nice to see HMD VR used in this way.
This is a beautiful example of the potential for storytelling in VR. Not a game, more of a vr avant garde experiment. To the devs however. I ended up having to watch this sitting down. The way the screens sort of waver around while I walk/look through them is interesting, but ended up making me sick. A sort of true 3d environment would be better, at least the option.
Not worth the time.
This experience made me very dizzy very fast to the point I could not finish it. The surrounding seems to be made out of a stereo cube map, which works only if you rotate on an axe, any translations of your body will cause weird effects and dizzyness. I felt imprisoned because I had to restrain myself from moving to decrease my discomfort before finally giving up during the "show"... I will ask for a refund, because I can't experience it. The idea is interesting though the execution needs to be rethough.
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System Requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows 8.1
- Processor: Intel i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR
FAQ
How much does Ricerca VR cost?
Ricerca VR costs $0.99.
What are the system requirements for Ricerca VR?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR
What platforms is Ricerca VR available on?
Ricerca VR is available on Windows PC.
Is Ricerca VR worth buying?
Ricerca VR has 86% positive reviews from 28 players.
When was Ricerca VR released?
Ricerca VR was released on May 3, 2016.
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