Andreea Ion Cojocaru On Why The Architecture Of Virtual Spaces Matters
Andreea Ion Cojocaru is a programmer and licensed architect. She co-founded NUMENA, a company that designs both real and virtual spaces.
https://www.numena.de/
We sat down with Andreea to talk about why virtual architecture matters, the nature of immersive storytelling, and the future of VR in general.
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Designing for real vs virtual
2:19 - Designing without gravity
5:57 - Who controls virtual spaces?
8:23 - Skeuomorphism in the short term?
10:34 - Scale
13:12 - Educating VR architects
16:16 - Locomotion
20:06 - Architecture & communities
23:03 - Why do VR spaces copy reality?
26:26 - Ownership of spaces
28:01 - Real world applications of virtual architecture
31:29 - Amateur architects?
33:20 - Founding A (Semi-)VR Company
38:00 - Multidisciplinary Work
40:21 - Storytelling in VR
45:43 - The Little Details
48:25 - How much control should storytellers have?
51:00 - What upcoming project are you excited about?
52:30 - Outro / Hopes & Concerns
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