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Where Thoughts Go is an anonymous VR social space on an alien planet.
Where Thoughts Go is a social network that takes the form of an ethereal virtual reality world. Visitors leave anonymous voice logs that appear in the dreamy environment as little creatures that flit around in the air. It’s the latest VR project from indie developer Lucas Rizzotto, who plans to release an early version sometime in 2018 on platforms to be announced. He will also be showcasing it at festivals and events.

“I like to build realities around the story, and the premise of Where Thoughts Go is that there is an alternative reality where all human thoughts exist as tiny creatures,” said Rizzotto in an email to GamesBeat. “Like our memories, these creatures are asleep most of the time, waiting to be ‘awakened’ and remembered by the visitors who roam Where Thoughts Go, only to return to their slumber after you’re done.”

To house people’s thoughts, Rizzotto created a space that looks vast and somewhat lonely. But it’s also beautiful. Its terrain is striking, an alien version of the real world with stark snowy peaks and lush violet glades. Each location prompts visitors with a question that they can choose to answer with an audio log.

“The colors, reflections, dreamy visuals and open spaces are all designed to make users feel relaxed and safe, while also containing visual metaphors of their own,” said Rizzotto. “The soundtrack, on the other hand, is a choir being sung by the thousands of thoughts roaming the sky in the distance. But all of this is there to serve one singular purpose: making the experience of listening to people’s stories more emotionally powerful.”