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Conscious Existence - A Journey Within

You are gifted every moment with life's most precious achievement: A conscious mind, enabling you to sense and hold within, the universe's boundless beauty - a source of infinite inspiration that fuels your inner space. - C.E. is a linear, stereoscopic 360/VR-video short film experience.

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Very Positive (600) - 87% of the 600 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Jun 15, 2019

Developer:

Marc Zimmermann

Publisher:

EpicScapes

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Features

Single-player

Tracked Controller Support

VR Only

Family Sharing

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Title: Conscious Existence - A Journey Within
Genre: Indie

Developer: Marc Zimmermann

Publisher: EpicScapes

Release Date: Jun 15, 2019

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Awards

LUMIERE AWARD - Winner - 'Best Visual VR Content' | Stereopsia 2018, Brussels

ANIMAGO AWARD - Nominee - 'Best AR/VR/360° Production' | Animago Award and Conference 2018, Munich

VR STORYRELLING AWARD - Nominee | Lichter Filmfest 2019, Frankfurt

OFFICIAL SELECTION - VR:CINEMA - CPH:DOX 2019, Copenhagen

BEST 360° FILM - Nominee | Sehsüchte Int. Film Festival, Berlin

VR AWARD - Nominee | Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2019, Landshut

SPECIAL MENTION - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2019, Brussels

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Series Mania 2019, Lille/France

OFFICIAL SELECTION - VR Competition | VRHAM! 2019, Hamburg

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2019, Montreal

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Maremetraggio 2019, Trieste

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For smoothest playback set the default refresh rate from 72hz to 90 or 120hz in the Oculus app under your Quest's device settings, this avoids stuttering with fast movements in the visuals.

About This Game

CONSCIOUS EXISTENCE is a linear 12min pre-rendered, stereoscopic 360/VR short film by Marc Zimmermann aka. EpicScapes.

[WARNING] The experience contains a scene with flashy/stroboscope-like effects - if you are sensitive to those kind of sensations, or if you, or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has had seizures of any kind, consult your physician before playing.

Due to recent user reports I can only recommend buying this app if you have an NVidia GPU. Compatibility with AMD cards can not be guaranteed due to issues with hardware accelerated video de-coding in combination with Unreal Engine.

The experience now (02/2023) comes with a brand new app, which adds replay value by allowing for multiple viewing modes (making for a higher perceived image quality and some trippy feels), voice selection (additional male option to the original child voice), separate volume sliders for voice, music and sound effects, as well as image adjustments.

It also includes now 3 versions of the content file for maximum compatibility. By default it uses the a high quality H264 file (4096*4096px @ 60fps) - if it runs smoothly, don't change anything, it offers the best quality. Additionally you can choose 1) a new H265 file at the same resolution but a little less detail, which may work smoother on some systems (needs the HEVC Extension for Windows), that struggle with the original file or 2) a lower resolution H264 file, previously included in the "Win 7/8 version" for compatibility with older systems. You can delete unused content files in-app if you're tight on disk space.

ABOUT
You are gifted every moment with life's most precious achievement: A conscious mind, enabling you to sense and hold within, the universe's boundless beauty - a source of infinite inspiration that fuels your inner space.

Our way of thinking about life influences our perception of the world around us. False priorities can act like blinders and make us overlook the ever-present beauty of the universe, which can be our greatest source of energy and inspiration. A positive and grateful mindset enables us to harvest that energy to fuel our inner space and retain well-being. With this virtual-reality experience I express my own appreciation for and feelings about the gift of life. We need keep our ability to see the world through the wondering eyes of a child.
It is a journey within that hopefully will touch you on an emotional level and make you transcend into a relaxed and appreciative state of mind.

System Requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GTX 1080 (AMD not supported)
Storage: 12 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR
Additional Notes: Ideally install the app on your fastest HDD.

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-5820K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GTX 2080 (AMD not supported)
Storage: 12 GB available space
Additional Notes: Ideally install the app on your fastest HDD.

This version of the VR short film "Conscious Existence" is meant for personal use only. For LBE (location-based entertainment), events, festivals and other commercial use cases please refer to the mail adress provided in the 'Support Contact Info' section.

[WARNING] The experience contains a scene with flashy/stroboscope-like effects - if you are sensitive to those kind of sensations please use with caution.
And if you, or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has had seizures of any kind, consult your physician before playing.

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