GORO FUJITA

Critics say virtual reality is a niche concept that’s yet to find its feet. Gary Evans meets the Japanese artist who wants to prove them very, very wrong

Artist PROFILE GORO FUJITA LOCATION: US FAVOURITE ARTISTS: Zorn, Sargent, Picasso, Craig Mullins, Tadahiro Uesugi and Carter Goodrich SOFTWARE USED: Quill, Photoshop, Procreate web: www.facebook.com/goro.fujita Goro Fujita recently went to a dinner party with friends in Pasadena, California. After the meal, a group of guests got out their musical instruments and started to play: a guitarist, a man on piano in the corner, another plucking a double bass, and a drummer beating a drum box with his hands. Goro wanted to join in. So he opened his laptop, put on his virtual reality headset, and slipped a controller on each hand. While the musicians played, he painted and animated them using Quill, the virtual reality illustration software. “It was a meta-moment for me,” Goro says. “I was painting and animating…

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ImagineFX Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, ImagineFX Annual 2019

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