The Virtual Ark

Leo Ng

Interactive game, 2022

The Virtual Ark is a virtual world that explores the grim reality of what the near future holds if humanity continues down its destructive path to sacrifice nature for their own selfish needs. A zoo used to be an institution that brought a tiny piece of nature and culture across the world. While it was already defying the law of nature by displacing wildlife, it would soon turn into a figment of imagination as animals slowly became extinct from human interactions. Instead of showcasing, zoos are now in the process of preserving and conserving these animals. The fluid relationship between nature and humanity is solidifying towards a fate where only one remains in the real world and one in the virtual. How far would we go before we lose one of them to the other?