Contrôlez un avatar luminescent au cœur d'une foule de milliers d'individus autonomes en VR open-world, où les inconnus réagissent à vos mouvements par des esquives, des suivis et des imitations. Votre rythme influence les individus et le groupe, créant des motifs hypnotiques sur un paysage en perpétuelle mutation. Atteignez le faisceau de lumière qui vous attire pour déclencher des changements dans la bande-son, la gravité, l'atmosphère et les modes de déplacement.
Cette aventure de simulation casual défie la perception sans objectifs ni quêtes. Les joueurs y naviguent en leader ou en figure submergée, jonglant entre identité individuelle et dynamique collective. Elle séduit les amateurs d'art et les explorateurs des comportements humains.
Emergence is an awe-inspiring VR open-world art experience, visualising patterns of human behaviour and exploring the individual and the collective. It immerses the player in a crowd of thousands, against a changing canvas that is at varying points wondrous and intimidating, realistic and fantastical.
You control one solitary, glowing avatar amongst a mass of autonomous strangers, each of whose movements react to your own. As your pace and directions influence others as both individuals and as a whole, you essentially become the choreographer of the crowd.
The crowd’s movements are programmed to simulate intelligent behaviours (including avoidance, following and mimicry), reflecting the seemingly endless ways that humans act in group settings. Viewed from above, these movements create mesmerising patterns against the landscape. A shaft of light beckons you – each time you reach the light, this landscape shifts, along with its soundtrack, gravity, atmosphere and mode of movement.
Emergence doesn’t dictate a goal. There’s no fixed succession of tasks that lead you to ‘completing’ the game. The experience instead is a powerful challenge to the player’s perception. Are you a leader inspiring a devoted following, or a defenceless figure overwhelmed by the encroaching horde? Emergence compels you to adjust to each transformation in your surrounding environment – all the while bringing you face to face with the primal desire to maintain your individual identity while being part of a crowd.
Emergence formed part of Universal Everything’s solo show Fluid Bodies at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, in 2018-2019. An updated VR app version of Emergence, presented in collaboration with WITHIN, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as part of New Frontier, a curated collection of cutting-edge independent and experimental media works by artists and creators working across new mediums.
