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Nothing about us without us: Rio Nakada’s NOX and the language of inner worlds

Over the years, our field has seen a number of virtual reality experiences that venture, directly and indirectly, into the depths of the human soul and try to reflect its complexity.  Tmání (Darkening), Turbulence: jamais vu, Goliath: Playing with Reality, the beautiful Yesterday, Maybe are just different examples of how this content is approached. Human psychology is a labyrinth: some attempts get lost in it, others only seem meaningful but lack any real grounding for reflection. And then there are others that truly feel like a window onto an inner…