Set 50 years after a dystopian pod-based survival era, citizens choose between living in the physical world or within virtual reality. The project explores AR-driven environmental restoration, featuring space-based solar data centers and smart pods with built-in health monitors to restore balance.
Future Context (2070)
Following a highly controlled era of pod-based survival, humanity enters a period of choice. With UBI supporting basic needs and automation handling routine tasks, citizens split their lives between physical and virtual spaces. Shifting human activity into VR reduces environmental strain on Earth.
Speculative Intervention
A dual-existence ecosystem where pods act as health-supporting terminals equipped with biometric scanners to keep users physically active. Solar-powered data centers are moved to space to eliminate cooling requirements on Earth, while immersive AR platforms allow borderless, inclusive education and design collaboration.