Taphobos
James R. Brown · 2015
Taphobos is an experience that puts a player inside a real coffin whilst wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset. They must work together over voice communication with a second player outside the coffin who is trying to rescue the buried player. The second player uses a normal PC screen to navigate a 3D world in which the coffin is hidden, to find it they must communicate over headphones to the buried player. This is because there are clues and riddles hidden in the coffin that only the buried player can see through their VR headset. All of this must be done whilst the player is in a very confined space and with limited time due to oxygen, in both the real and virtual worlds.