When: April 9 — month of May
Where: Two Bit Circus, 634 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Price: Playtest is free; final price TBD
Tags: #VR, #yoga, #wellness, #participatory, #interactive, #ContactAdvisory (see below)
EmbodyMove is an official selection of New Frontier Sundance 2019, created in partnership with MAP Design Lab and lululemon Whitespace.
Within the private cabana, this peaceful VR experience takes each pair of participants on a journey through nature while they trade and transform avatars. EmbodyMove’s holographic guide takes users through movements, allowing them to see their bodies as flexible tools. By using only a headset, players are free to focus on creating fluid motions, and pilot the entire experience with their bodies. Pressure-sensing yoga mats track users’ weight distributions, while a camera monitors pose position. The greater accuracy the player completes the pose with, the more the virtual environment changes and evolves around them.
EmbodyMove is driven entirely by the users’ interactions. Players prompt each other through conversation, mirroring, and environmental channelling, and step together through physical sequences designed to center, balance, extend, and strengthen.
EmbodyMove will debut at Two Bit Circus’ Beta Night, held at the Micro-Amusement Park in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 9th, where it will be free to playtest among other Beta games. No reservations are required, however it is recommended that attendees arrive early to secure their spots. After Beta Night, EmbodyMove will take over one of the four private cabanas at Two Bit Circus and remain available for at least one month.
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Contact Level: None to Light (Business/Acquaintance)
Content Advisories: None.
The experience is accessible to people without full mobility.
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