MYRIAD. Where we connect.
MYRIAD is a VR experience about animal migration in the Anthropocene and has crafted a highly artistic and poetic virtual reality experience, based on scientific migratory data, that invites the visitor to experience our world as an interdependent system. We follow the migratory journeys of three animals: The Bald Ibis, the Arctic Fox, and the Green Sea Turtle, along wind and ocean currents, across continents and through soaring mountain ranges as they make their way around the globe.
From global to elemental, Myriad includes the science of interconnectedness into an outstanding artistic concept by creating a world out of carbon. Flexible and abundant, carbon is an element that forms the basis of all life on earth. MYRIAD’s visual concept makes use of this building block as a narrative and aesthetic link between individual elements and global networks to show how all life on earth is part of an endlessly connected cycle.
HOW TO ACCESS THE EXPERIENCE
You can access the experience on Viveport. You will need a VR ready PC and a compatible PC VR headset such as HTC Vive/Pro/Pro 2 or Oculus Rift/Rift S/Quest + Link.
ABOUT THE CREATORS
Lena Thiele and Sebastian Baurmann, Creative and artistic Lead of the Berlin based company Miiqo Studios have been creating award-winning digital media formats at the intersection of storytelling, art, technology and science since 1999. Their productions received numerous awards, such as the SXSW Interactive Innovation Award, Grimme Online Award and the Prix Italia. Lena Thiele is professor for “Digital Narratives” at the ifs - international filmschool Cologne. Dirk Hoffmann studied art in Hamburg and is co-founder of Artificial Rome, a studio for immersive experiences. Since 2006 together with his partners he won more than fifty international awards, among them three Cannes Lions and 2019 the ADC Grand Prix Digital.
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Saskia Kress (Interactive Media Foundation) & Michael Grotenhoff (Filmtank)
Creative Producer: Michael Grotenhoff (Filmtank)
Author/ Creative Director/ Art Director: Lena Thiele & Sebastian Baurmann (Miiqo Studios)
Lead Visual Artist: Dirk Hoffmann (Artificial Rome)
Story and Text: Lena Thiele (Miiqo Studios)
Technical Director: Torsten Sperling-Ufer (Artificial Rome)
3D Director/3D Lead Artist: Nico Alexander Taniyama (Artificial Rome)
3D Technical/Environmental Artists: Christian Rambow, Katharina Przyborowski (Artificial Rome)
Director Interaction: Patrik de Jong (Artificial Rome)
Interaction Programming: Christoph Espig, Mateusz Marchwicki (Artificial Rome)
Animal Rigger: Florian Friedmann
Animal Animation: Hendrik Rost
VR documentary | Runtime: 31 mins | Platform: Viveport | Compatible headsets: HTC Vive/Pro/Pro 2/Cosmos and Oculus Rift/Rift S/Quest + Link
Award nomination: Best Documentary Experience