SPATIALOGRAPHY

Enter the Gallery of Spatial Experiments

Technologies like photogrammetry and Gaussian splatting have opened new ways to record and reconstruct real-world environments. Just as photography and film evolved beyond mere documentation to become expressive media, technologies that handle space should likewise give rise to techniques that reach beyond recording alone.

How can these tools be employed as a means of expression? What methods suit the format of space itself? Can we create works that seem to speak through space?

Holding these questions in mind, Japanese XR pioneer VoxelKei is exhibiting a series of prototype works born of that inquiry. Spatialography, a term joining Spatial (denoting space) with -graphy (denoting expression), is not the title of a single work but rather, it serves as an umbrella term for an ongoing practice—one that seeks to translate recorded space into expressive form.


JOIN THE CREATOR’S TALK AT THE RAINDANCE IMMERSIVE SUMMIT ON 12 JUNE | Capturing the World One Gaussian Splat at a Time: Inside the Creation of "Spatialography"

Join us at the Raindance Immersive Summit for a deep dive into the work of the Japanese creator VoxelKei, an XR pioneer whose work spans from early 2000s real-time 3D CG to early development with the Oculus DK2 and Microsoft HoloLens. In this session, he will discuss his journey from creating photorealistic simulations of the Japanese archipelago in VRChat to early Meta Quest hand-tracking experiments, culminating in his latest VRChat world, Spatialography that pushes the boundaries of photogrammetry and Gaussian Splatting in Social VR.

Spatialography (Spatial + -graphy) posits that just as photography and film evolved into distinct artistic media, these reconstruction technologies are developing into a new language of spatial storytelling that goes far beyond simple recording.

JOIN THE SUMMIT – ON ZOOM

EXPERIENCE SPATIALOGRAPHY IN VRCHAT

You'll need a VR-ready PC and one of the following compatible headsets: Valve Index, Meta Quest 3 / 3s / 2 / Pro + Link, HTC Vive, or Bigscreen Beyond.

Download VRChat and create your account. Once you’re inside VRChat in your headset, search for ‘SPATIALOGRAPHY’ in the WORLDS tab or you can launch the world directly from your web browser.


WORLD TOUR AND Q&A WITH THE CREATOR IN VRCHAT

Joins us for a live tour and Q&A with the world creator, VoxelKei!

  • Asia: Saturday, 20th June at 7 PM CST / 8 PM JST / 8 PM KST

  • Australia: Saturday, 20th June at 9 PM AEST

  • Europe: Saturday, 20th June at 12 PM BST / 1 PM CET / 2 PM EET

Please ensure you have requested to join our Raindance Immersive VRChat Group at least 48 hours before the start of the event. Our Group instance will open exactly at the event's start time. If you are unable to join the instance immediately, you are welcome to join the queue.


CREDITS

World Creator: VoxelKei
Japanese-English Live Interpretation: Riku


Experimental art world for up to 32 players | Runtime: 30-60 mins | Platform: VRChat (PCVR)