Virtual Eyes
Virtual Reality Reviewer has a really interesting review of the latest five VR experiments from Tore Knabe. I love these VR experiments, and really like the way Virtual Reality Reviewer does a movie (worth watching for the clips from the experiences) and a text version of the same review.
She will look you in the eyes, following you if you move your head, and then, seemingly of her own accord look away. Sometimes this is quite socially uncomfortable – without any conversation you’re forced to read body language, and it’s very easy to feel like you’ve been dropped in at the end of an unpleasant conversation. You’ll try to recapture her attention by leaning into her line of site. She will often, but not always, then turn her attention back to you – this unpredictability has a big impact on making this character opposite you feel like they have an inner life.
[The post Virtual Eyes was originally published on worldsum.]