Developed by UK digital dance company Mercurial Dance, with sound design by students based at dBs Institute of Sound and Digital Technologies, Embody XR is a VR game that leans heavily on sound design and music, and intends to raise awareness about anxiety in young people between 13-25 through physical movement and digital storytelling.
While wearing a headset, participants/players synchronise their movements to in-game choreography and complete tasks based on cognitive behavioural techniques to encourage 'self-reflection and offer tools that alleviate the physical symptoms of anxiety.'
dBs Pro – the creative audio company and dBs Institute's go-to production house – enabled four of its students to work on the sound design elements of the project with the company Sound Reactions. Using real-time audio editor FMOD, the team put together the sound design elements that the game was built on.
