There is power in what you wear.
Veiled Reality is a design fiction on the future of hijabs and niqabs.
It takes the form of an immersive, interactive first-person story, speculating on a future where emerging technologies, feminism and religion collide, in the genesis of wearable "shroud computing" and "smart veils".
The story follows the charismatic creator of these living, semi-sentient veils as she is interviewed by the player, a reporter profiling the inventor. The inventor guides the player/reporter through a series of tech demonstrations which reveal her mysterious motivations as it becomes clear the inventor is experimenting on the player.
We want Veiled Reality to open up a dialogue and a provocation about the symbolism and role of veils, hijabs and niqabs in wider society. Where the notion of veils is problematised as disempowering of women, we want to flip that around and allow a more playful and empowering starting point. What if the veil embodied superpower feminist ideals?