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The capacity for simulated, dreamlike virtual worlds created on game engines like Unreal or animation software like Cinema 4D is taken to something of an extreme in the new music video for The Present's jungle and Burial-influenced track "Love With U." In it, viewers descend into a subterranean black-and-white labyrinth, encountering surreal interiors and objects before seemingly teleporting to the next aspect of the virtual maze. Directed by artist Jonathan Turner, every aspect of this sci-fi head trip is incredibly designed, and occasionally fools the eye into thinking the virtual to be, in fact, real. As beautiful as it is to look at, Turner imbues this digital labyrinth with a sense of claustrophobia akin to GoldenEye, which will have the viewers hoping for sunlight and fresh air. Virtually speaking, of course."Love With U" appears on The Present's Break the Dawn EP, out now the Styles Upon Styles label. Click here to see more of Jonathan Turner's work.Related:Distract Yourself in Virtual Reality with a Meta Virtual Reality Game About Virtual RealityCyberpunk Meets 'Slow TV' in These Self-Generating Music Videos [Premiere]Tumble Around a Giant Alien Balloon Animal in This Psychedelic CGI Music Video
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