"UNCANNY VALLEY" which imaged the dark side of the world where the VR junkie falls which diverges destructive impulses in the digital world

VR junkies that emanate in the world of "virtual reality (VR)" not in the real world but a destructive impulse that they held in the slums tomorrow emerge in the future. A short movie saying that an outstanding player among the VR junkies finds the boundary between the game and the reality and touches the dark side of the world from thereUNCANNY VALLEY"is.

Vimeo - UNCANNY VALLEY (2015)


An old lady is casting a movie ......


It starts from where it becomes invisible by noise.


"UNCANNY VALLEY"


A man walking in a place like a dark temple.


I attach something like a machine that shines something on my nose.


The voice "VR is the only reality for me" sounds ... ...


Suddenly the scene changes and a man talking while sitting in a chair is projected. Apparently this man is the main character VR Junkie of the story.


Suddenly turning around ......


Suddenly the wall exploded.


It will be blown away ... ....


In reality I am just lying down, so I do not have any injuries.


While other VR junkies are starting to talk ......


The hero's from the nose ......


I will remove something.


It was in the nose until the last time. Something like a suspiciously glowing accessory is one piece ...?


There are a lot of people in the slum, but most of it is drifting in the air as if floating in the water ... ...



You can see that device that shines gently on your nose.


And the hero picks up this again ... ...


Attached to the nose.



And like many other people, the body drifts in the air as if the consciousness had flew away somewhere. Apparently it seems to be a device for nose devices to dive into the VR world.


The scene changes, suddenly in a place with a vibrant atmosphere like another world ......


Soldiers with guns appeared.


If you look at collapsed fellows, you will see a variety of information in the sight as if they were coming out on the FPS game screen.


When you look around, you can clearly see that it is not a real world.


And mysterious monsters also appeared.


On the other hand, soldiers who wore black armor fought with a gun.


Fantasy and the enemy's army which did not look real like the enemies of the world ... ...




Heroes equipped with realistic armor and guns VR Junkie.


A monster approaching ... ...


I will defeat it with a gun like a game.


Batari and fallen monsters have limbs and heads, and it is creepy to have a shape similar to a human being.


The scene changes and the hero who is adventuring the other world ... ...


I will find something.


Although it looks like any unusual scenery ......


Shoot the gun with bread ... ....


Noises run in the space. Then, when you shoot several bullets ... ...


The noise spread.


The hero who wondered this is stepping into the noise as it is. Warning "WRONG DIRECTION" appears in sight but this is completely through.



What lies ahead of the noise is just a different world that seems to be not so different from the world that I had been talking about before.



Still hero who does not release vigilance.


Suddenly that monster attacked from behind ... ...


The neck is attacked.


I managed to repel this ... ....




I got a dubious device stuck firmly in my neck.


Then, another monster appears from nowhere and walks up to the monster shot with a gun.



At that moment, the field of vision disrupted violently ......


I tried to confirm something in hand ... ...


The hand of the character you are manipulating suddenly in the hands of the robot.


Not only the hand but the whole body has changed into a humanoid shaped robot.


And in front of us, there are two something that looked like human beings, not monsters in the game that killed tens of bodies so far.


One side is dead with shedding blood.


Although it seems to be confused, it can not read anything like the feeling of the hero from the face that has almost no irregularities of the robot and has a snappy face.


The main character realizes that tears are floating in the eyes of the grandmother, finally realizes what you have done so far.


Look around the area ......


A robot similar to yourself kills a person with a gun ... ...



I notice that I am standing in the terrible world that the mysterious robot is monitoring it.



A stage of massacre rather than a battlefield.



The hero is a device attached to the neck ......


I will forcibly remove it.



Noises run in sight, but ...


I can not see the different world that I saw so far, I can not turn my eyes away from reality.


And we gotta take out the gun as a matter of fact ... ...


I shoot through my head with my van. Of course, even if we shoot the body of a machine with a gun, we can not die, but after that, those who care about the startle of astound awaiting the main character should actually check in the movie.


"UNCANNY VALLEY" which is the title of the short movie is "Eerie valley phenomenonIt refers to the concept of robotics engineering called "robot engineering." This is a robot engineer Masahiro Mori · Professor emeritus at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1970 and advocated in 1970, "As robots become human beings in appearance and movement, humans are more favorable and empathic to robots It will suddenly change to a strong aversion feeling at some point and will become stronger likable and sympathy once again becoming elaborate robot to the extent that it can not be distinguished from the human appearance and movement.

The movie was produced by Argentina's 3D animation studio "3dar". On the following page, "UNCANNY VALLEY" concept art and story board etc are released, and you can explore how the dark world view was created.

Uncanny Valley - 3dar · 3D Animation Studios


VR junkies who can not distinguish between the real world and VR


It seems that there are a lot of design candidates for equipment to be attached to the nose, thinking that it is used for dive to VR. Some also have apple marks.


Although the battlefield of the VR junkies is violent, it is realistic and I do not think that this is linked to the real world.


Equipment of VR junkies fighting in VR


Enemy character on VR


And the soldiers of the machine that the VR junkies were operating in the real world


Other weapons are designed in multiple.



This is a storyboard. It is equivalent to what is called a "storyboard", which is a design drawing of a short movie.


Colored version


A lot of appearance of the actual shooting site has been upgraded ... ...


You can see well that shooting was proceeded with a green curtain to synthesize actors and background with CG.