PLAY, E-ENTERTAINMENT RESORT and PLAYGROUND
IMMERSIVE VR ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE
These visuals represent an exploration of design vocabulary and ideas for an e-entertainment resort. I envisioned this for a new urban development like Qiddiya or Neom or possibly Vegas, which is why it is in a desert setting. (Its also important to note these locations are some of the few places still developing large scale (some visionary) projects where this type of concept may still be possible.)The architectural inspiration is drawn from the mountains of Quiddiya. Many of the images have different elements or context, as explorations do. The general idea is to create a destination environment to house all aspects of electronic video gaming, E-Sports, VR/AR experiences, including a network of virtual/physically enhanced “Holodeck” playgrounds, etc. A world destination, nexus, and showcase for state of the art story driven experiences.
Much like a casino resort program (Without gambling) this concept consists of an activated podium attached to residential, hotel and creative office towers.
The brand could encompass REAL-WORLD and VIRTUAL-WORLD environments. For example the sub-brands could include “THE•REAL” hotel, and the "Virtual Underground”. The resort may also contain an enclosed AR immersive real world entertainment village/park. A park where everything could be made possible though technology. Magic could really work, dragons fly, starships could actually carry guests on a seamless experiential journey to the stars, though wormholes, and to other planets. Competitive e-gaming, arena competitions, art installations, expeditions into created realities…
Technology is evolving so rapidly, planning a real world destination to host new and emerging technologies is timely and most probably the clearest next step in the evolution of entertainment and storytelling. Technology has almost caught up… creative minds need a place to showcase the next incarnation of art, music, story telling, and anything else we can conceive… Content will be everything when anything is possible.
