Most people can’t fully experience an immersive sculpture or art installation until it’s completed. But over the past several years, artists Alex Steven Martinand Matt Schaefer have spent countless hours inside their project — exploring, inspecting, and refining as they went. The result of their collaboration is a living VR world of pop sci-fi art called Alex’s Sci-Fi World: A New Quill Animated Series. The project takes static illustrations and transforms them into immersive 3D worlds full of walking robots, flying cars, and curious creatures that anyone can explore in VR.
We’re going to share a handful of vignettes below, as well as hear from the creators themselves, but you’ll want to grab a VR headset to experience these creations fully. On Quest, open the Oculus TV app and head over to Alex’s Sci-Fi World: A New Quill Animated Series to start your journey. On the Rift Platform, open the Quill app and check out the Quill Gallery.
What are your thoughts on using VR as a tool for artists?
MS: With VR, you have a superpower: immersion. With this affordance, I often think about creating artwork that people can hang out in versus just see. I also take advantage of the user’s ability to look anywhere physically. I will place Easter eggs under tables and other places. This encourages the viewer to engage the work physically and gives them rewards for their discovery.
See the full story with videos here: https://tech.fb.com/step-inside-living-science-fiction-artwork-with-alexs-sci-fi-world/