Mid Semester Project Proposal

I’d like to create a claustrophobic environment which becomes more claustrophobic when participants attempt to relax.

As the main input source, I will attempt to measure the “tightness” of a user’s fist and when the grip loosens, the room will begin to shrink around them.

I feel that this would work well in as a VR environment since it does induce feelings and emotions of horror. The changes are primarily spatial in addition to visual which makes the full immersion of the VR space even more believable.

Here’s a mood boardclaustrophobia_moodboard

I’m shit at drawing, but I attempt to make the transition from a long room with a large field of view to a constrained room, filled with smokey fog.

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For sounds, I couldn’t stop thinking about these.