‘Low-Fi’ — The Cyberpunk Resurgence Enters Mind-Blowing VR

Will ‘Low-Fi’ conjure up the dark, dystopian cyberpunk VR world we’ve all been waiting for since the movie ‘Blade Runner’ hit the cinemas in 1982? That was set in the futuristic date of 2019, and although, happily, no such world has (directly) arrived, it’s about time a more complete VR version did, where we can do more than just take a ride in a flying police car.

Are we ready to immerse our minds further inside this fallen, techno-saturated vision of the future, rich in detail, ideas and relevance? Fortunately, fund-raising platform Kickstarter has enabled ‘Low-Fi’, as it did its predecessor, ‘ Technolust ‘ (The latter also from indie developer IRIS VR, an earlier creation that showed willing to push VR cyberpunk space.)

Now, ‘Low-Fi’ promises another updated, very heady dose of visionary immersion.

But what is this vision exactly? Cyberpunk gives us a type of future where technology has changed humanity… and not exactly for the better. Some would say it’s a lot more interesting than the Star Trek alternative, where technology is for the most part integrated cleanly into a progressive, all-hands-on-deck, optimistic…