{"id":127,"date":"2026-09-14T18:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:13:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every design started somewhere. Below is what our Experience Designer, Gamma Zheng, wrote when she created the first prototype of our experience. Let&#8217;s take a look: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Innerverse began with a simple vision: in a world saturated with stress, how might we use immersive space to offer experiencers a sanctuary, a place to temporarily step away and reset emotionally?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For us, this reset isn&#8217;t about erasing the weight of reality, but about facilitating a subtle shift in one&#8217;s inner state. Within this space, we wanted people to be able to settle from information overload, rediscover a sense of resonance with the world beyond their own isolated emotions, and gain a fresh perspective on themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To achieve this, we designed the entire experience as a metaphorical journey inward. At the outset, the system is deliberately left open, no rushed tasks, no dense setup thrown at the experiencer. They&#8217;re given ample time to breathe, to observe, to feel how their own presence begins to connect with this virtual world. This isn&#8217;t just a slowing of physical pacing, it&#8217;s a necessary act of making space for the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the experience unfolds, the project gently touches on the vulnerability that people often hide while striving to appear strong. In a modern environment that so often demands invulnerability, the experience carries a core belief: true resilience isn&#8217;t just about moving forward alone, it&#8217;s also about accepting help and facing inner uncertainty head-on. Courage, here, isn&#8217;t the absence of fear, but choosing to take the next step through the fog even when doubt remains.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every design started somewhere. Below is what our Experience Designer, Gamma Zheng, wrote when she created the first prototype of our experience. Let&#8217;s take a look: Innerverse began with a simple vision: in a world saturated with stress, how might we use immersive space to offer experiencers a sanctuary, a place to temporarily step away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/innerverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}