Creator Profile

Jessien

Born in 1993, Hubei, China.

Jessien’s VR works aim to explore the narrative language of Virtual Reality as a new medium.

Jessien studied Architecture during undergraduate and postgraduate period. When he was studying at UCL, he began to create with VR as medium. Based on years of architectural research and the study of “Human Perception of Space”, he invented a set of highly experimental and pioneering spatial narrative methods including a national patented algorithm named “Interactive Redirected Walking”.

In 2021, Jessien completed HYPNOSIS REVERIES, the first piece in HYPNOSIS series, which captures universal moments of growing and presents them in an abstract and minimalist way. You will step into a mental maze, looking back at the important moments that changed you, and see yourself again.

2021

Hypnosis Reveries

The 11th Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing, China.
The China Science Fiction Conference 2021, Beijing, China.
“Best Chinese Work” at the Sandbox Immersive Festival 2021, Beijing, China.

2019

Andy’s World

“Best Chinese Work” at the Sandbox Immersive Festival 2019, Qingdao, China.
“Excellence in Experience Design” at the Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2021, Los Angeles, USA.

2018

The Apple

“Best Immersive Multiplayer Experience” at the 26th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK.

2018

Five by Ten

Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China.

2017

Simulacrum

B-Pro Show, London, UK.
Zaha Hadid Architects, London, UK.