Physique of Mine seeks to advertise transgender empathy by demonstrating gender dysphoria in VR, and that is obtainable at present on Quest.
Created by Kost, Body of Mine is a full-body VR expertise that locations you right into a physique of the other gender, recounting interviews from the transgender neighborhood by shifting your arms close to completely different physique elements. Throughout our Venice Immersive 2023 hands-on, we referred to as it a “heartfelt” and “all-too-necessary” expertise.
“Physique of Mine was impressed by a want to see immersive applied sciences present a protected house for queer people, when a protected house in the actual world can really feel arduous to seek out, whereas additionally fostering a deeper understanding of connections – and disconnections—between the physique and thoughts,” states director Cameron Kostopoulos in a ready assertion.
Beforehand a location-based set up proven at completely different festivals, Physique of Mine now reaches dwelling platforms to coincide with Delight month. Whereas the SteamVR model requires 5 HTC Vive Trackers and a high-spec PC, because of the event workforce at Agile Lens, Physique of Mine makes use of “superior in-headset movement seize” that integrates Meta’s full-body synthesis on Quest. It additionally helps hand monitoring and Quest Pro eye monitoring.
Physique of Mine can even undertake a technique described as “radical localization” that does not use direct translation. “As a result of gender and dysphoria may be intrinsically linked with sociocultural context, we’re crafting new narratives in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Mandarin,” the studio confirms in a press launch.
As for what’s subsequent, Kostopoulos is presently engaged on their second immersive undertaking, ‘A Remedy for Straightness.’ This upcoming episodic sequence makes use of haptics and blended actuality to “simulate conversion remedy for straight individuals,” telling the story of a transgender survivor of electroshock conversion remedy.
Physique of Mine reaches the Meta Quest platform at present, and it is also obtainable on Steam.