Physique of Mine seeks to advertise transgender empathy by demonstrating gender dysphoria in VR, and that is out there at present on Quest.
Created by Kost, Physique 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 transferring your arms close to completely different physique components. 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 need to see immersive applied sciences present a protected area for queer people, when a protected area in the actual world can really feel exhausting to search 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 house platforms to coincide with Satisfaction month. Whereas the SteamVR model requires 5 HTC Vive Trackers and a high-spec PC, 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 Professional eye monitoring.
Physique of Mine will even undertake a technique described as “radical localization” that does not use direct translation. “As a result of gender and dysphoria might 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 at present engaged on their second immersive challenge, ‘A Treatment for Straightness.’ This upcoming episodic sequence makes use of haptics and blended actuality to “simulate conversion remedy for straight folks,” 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 out there on Steam.
