The first Dev Diary for Signal Space Lab and Actrio Studio’s new multimedia sci-fi interactive VR project, Human Within, has been revealed. The game will launch on Meta Quest 2 and 3 on January 9th and will soon be available on SteamVR. This Dev Diary, Human Within: An Innovative Interactive VR Experience, examines how the VR project goes beyond video games and movies with its own storytelling mechanics. It also talks about the ideas behind Human Within, which include the impact of AI and cutting-edge technology, as well as its usefulness and possible dangers to contemporary society.
Read the full Human Within Dev Diary HERE
Dev Diary, Signal Space Lab’s debut, tackles head-on how Human Within goes beyond conventional notions of a video game or a movie. Human Within is a VR-specific project that intends to elevate interactive narrative, long-format VR experiences by improving the format and storytelling skills in general. Conceptually, Human Within was influenced by the remarkable effects of artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT and other cutting-edge technology on modern society, in addition to science fiction movies like Lawnmower Man and Transcendence. Human Within, which is set in a dystopian near future, addresses the effects of both self-centered and altruistic decisions as well as the repercussions of technology abuse.
Drawing inspiration from other interactive movies and narrative-based video games, Human Within: An Innovative Interactive VR Experience also explores the many storytelling techniques used in Human Within. Human Within sets itself apart with a special combination of technical aspects that combine an exciting branching plot with video game playability. These features include:
- User Involvement: A novel approach to watch the events unfold and participate in a way that is unlike anything else is to experience the story from Linh’s perspective in a virtual online environment.
- Point Cloud Interactivity: Investigate settings in virtual recreations. These scenes add a whole new level of involvement to the mix by acting as pace-breaking moments where users interact with the tale even more.
- Style Variety: The narrative is presented using a special fusion of three different visual styles: Point Cloud recreations with 6DOF 3D environments, Flashback Scenes with interactive 360 degree stereo film, and The Internet Space, which combines 2D film and 3D graphics.
- Choice and Consequence: The user’s decisions determine the events that occur at pivotal points in the narrative. These instances establish the course of events in the past and decide how everything concludes in the present.
Human Within, which was directed by Avi Winkler and Anne Weigel, takes place in a contemporary universe where Nyla, a cyber engineer, works for Forward Industries with her sister Linh. Together, they harness the processing power of the human brain to create a revolutionary supercomputer. But when Nyla tries to leave the project, both sisters are arrested and forced to stay on the job despite concerns about their employer’s ulterior intentions. Nyla is compelled to attach the technology to Linh and utilize it just as she had feared in a bold attempt to gain her freedom.
Under Avi Winkler’s creative supervision, Signal Space Lab started pre-production on Human Within in 2019, which included authoring the story and developing the experience. The project was joined by acclaimed German producer Actrio Studio and director Anne Weigel, who completed principal photography in December 2023. Human Within then embarked on its October festival tour, making its debut at the Beyond The Frame Festival in Tokyo from October 25–27, 2024, and at FIVARS in Toronto on October 3. The goal of Human Within, which is backed by Meta, Canada Media Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and Filmstiftung NRW Germany, is to elevate the standard for interactive narrative virtual reality experiences.
For more information, visit and/or pre-order via Meta Quest, Wishlist for PC via Steam, and visit the developer website.
Related: Cutting-Edge VR Interactive Experience HUMAN WITHIN Heading to Meta Quest and SteamVR January 9
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