Distributed Currents: an AR Narrative experience

HUIXIN REN

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Frank is a spatial experience designer. He is an expert in building consensus with visitors through spatial experiences. He has helped clients including Kering and Firmenich improve their spatial design and interactive experiences. He is currently doing research on extended reality and the nomos of the metaverse.

Frank is a spatial experience designer. He is an expert in building consensus with visitors...

CollegeCentral Saint Martins
CourseMA Narrative Environments
Graduation year2023

Distributed currents is an AR immersive theatre experience set along the Regents Canal in London. It addresses the current dilemma of the decentralised metaverse, and taking the decentralised community on the canal as a case study and test site. The audience discover the narrative through a fun AR adventure along the canal with their mobile devices.

This project targets professionals working or researching in metaverse and XR-related industries. The narrative shifts their focus from viewing the metaverse as a 'financial product' to considering what truly matters for building a sustainable metaverse as an extension of our real lives.

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Distributed Currents Teaser

The audience will unlock the plot through a series of game experiences, uncovering the darkness and brutality hidden beneath the shiny exterior of the metaverse in 2040

Warning: Contains flashing images