Virtual, Virtual Reality

Entrant 2017


CREATOR
Tender Claws

Description

In the near future, most human jobs have been taken by A.I.s. What is the purpose of humanity? Relics, reminders, pets? Activitude, the Virtual Temp Labor System, is here to help. We will calibrate a suitable A.I. client match for your meaningfulness quotient. Go on, put on your headset, find your calling!

Get ready to cater to the inscrutable whims and emotional well-being of Artificial Intelligence. Sure, you could keep your job and act like a therapy dog for some A.I. in Bismarck and watch your work ratings climb, or you could do something more daring. Haven't you always wanted to peek behind the curtain? Lo! You yearn for something more: adventure, conflict, purpose! It's time for your hero's journey. You must escape "deeper" into the Activitude system by putting on virtual reality headsets in virtual reality. Sneak between the levels of Activitude's backstage as Chaz, the A.I. overlord, attempts to dissolve the world around you and boot you out PERMANENTLY. Vacuum up "information" in one reality only to spit it out and reconstruct the worlds of other realities.

Along the way, uncover the story behind Activitude's evolution from social VR app startup to the "human purpose aggregator" it is today. You might even manage to outrun Chaz: the system itself. Or, more likely, you'll break free only to discover, that the thrill of escape, no the whole story, is but an adventure crafted for us by Chaz our benevolent A.I. handler. It is enrichment designed just for us, for the well-kept pets we are destined to become.