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The Book of Distance
In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.
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Very Positive (172) - 97% of the 172 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Oct 8, 2020
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Publisher:
Astrea

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Features
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔
French ✔ ✔
Japanese ✔ ✔
Korean ✔ ✔
Simplified Chinese ✔ ✔
Traditional Chinese ✔ ✔
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Awards
Awards and Festivals:

- Webby Award Winner - Best Narrative Experience 2021
- Winner – Best Work, Japan Prize (Digital Media Division, 2020)
- Winner - VR Story Award Beyond the Frame Festival (2021)
- Winner - Best Storytelling XR Awards (2020)
- Winner - Golden Fireball Award Kaohsiung Film Festival - VR (2020)
- Sundance Film Festival – Official Selection, New Frontier (2020)
- Tribeca Film Festival – Official Selection, Tribeca Immersive (2020)
- Cannes XR – Tribeca Virtual Arcade @ Cannes XR (2020)
- Venice International Film Festival – Venice VR Expanded, Best of VR (2020)
- Vancouver International Film Festival – Official Selection, VIFF Immersed
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) – Beyond Reality Exhibition (2020)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – Official Selection, IDFA DocLab Spotlight (2020)
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“The Book of Distance is the best immersive storytelling experience I've seen yet.”
Kent Bye, Voices of VR

“A piece filled with beauty and longing, that looks at the past to define the present.”
XRMust

“Sundance best narrative: The Book of Distance.”
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About This Game

In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. Three generations later, his grandson, artist Randall Okita, leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.

The Book of Distance blends techniques from mechanical sculpture, film, and stage to redefine personal storytelling in virtual reality. Family archives add a haunting layer of realism. 2D and 3D hand-crafted sets reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, evocative character design, and seamless choreography combine with surprising moments of interaction to gently whisk us across the ocean and through the years.

Okita invites us to participate in this generous act of imagination: a space of magical theatre and generational echoes. He never strays too far from our side as we move through the story’s darker moments.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: · Intel Core i5-4590
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
    • Storage: 6 GB available space
    • VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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