Deja Vu Interactive Story
(2015)
#Interactive Storytelling #AR Design #Animation #UX for Digital Narratives
Overview
Déjà Vu is an experimental storytelling project that blends interactive animation with augmented reality, allowing users to explore personality development through a nonlinear narrative.
Users navigate a city plaza scene, where clicking on different characters unlocks unique storylines. Through AR, scanning specific scenes with a dedicated iOS app reveals hidden childhood memories, deepening the connection between past experiences and personal identity.
Concept & Narrative Design
🔹 Exploring Personality Development → The story delves into how childhood experiences shape identity.
🔹 Interactive City Plaza → Users engage with characters to uncover branching narratives.
🔹 Augmented Reality as a Memory Lens → AR reveals hidden childhood animations, reinforcing the theme of self-discovery.
🔹 Symbolic Ending → The protagonist leaves the city, journeys through a thunderstorm, and finds solitude in the wilderness, ultimately confronting their ego and attaining inner peace.
Interaction & UX Design
🎭 Nonlinear Storytelling → Users dictate the order in which they explore different narratives.
📱 Multi-Sensory Engagement → Combining traditional UI interactions with AR-enhanced storytelling for an immersive experience.
🌌 Emotional Journey → Designed transitions and animations to guide users from curiosity to introspection.
Screen recording of the story’s conclusion