Ray LC: What You See Is What You Eat | VR Experience | Hong Kong Arts Centre
What You See Is What You Eat explores Hong Kong’s culinary cultural heritage as propagated by the traditions of local communities. The project by RAY LC, Star Liu, Xiaoke Zeng, Bowen Liu involved working with local chefs and expert family cooks to use Generative AI to visualize the cooking process and its contingencies and expectations in a way to record a form of intangible culinary cultural heritage.
MetaObjects worked with the team to create a VR experience with 360 video interviews of the chefs and their cooking processes presented alongside AI generated 3D models of dishes in which users could pick-up and inspect at close range. Several traditional dining environments were created to share the process of material procurement, food preparation, unexpected alternative options, and familial traditions that make up Cantonese culinary heritage. The work was presented in the exhibition Future Tense at the Hong Kong Art Centre from 1-15 March 2025.
More info: futuretensehk.wordpress.com
Screenshots from What You See Is What You Eat VR experience