K: The Immersive Experience. A casting call, orchestrated by tech millionaire Merlin Mirojnick under the name Conceptual Art Project, draws several female models and actresses like Jamie Pippa into a surreal psychological power game inside a New York City building, and as their testimonies unfold, it becomes clear that K is not simply an art film but an immersive experience that unsettlingly blurs performance consent and reality. With appearances from Vanessa Benson, Vince Lopez, Tasmina Ahmed, Jessie Chen, Sadie Howe, Stella Mills, Emily Hendry, Ava Marie, Angelic, Tony Smith (RetroSoul891FM), and see full cast on IMDb.
Shoutouts to Charles Wheatstone, Morton Heilig, Ivan Sutherland, Jaron Lanier, Meta Quest and HTC Vive. And a special thanks to Alan Smithee, Roderick Jaynes, Peter Andrews, Mary Ann Bernard, Edmond Dantès, Donald Kaufman, Sam Etic, John Jay Smith and Rich Graff.
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Shoutouts to Charles Wheatstone, Morton Heilig, Ivan Sutherland, Jaron Lanier, Meta Quest and HTC Vive. And a special thanks to Alan Smithee, Roderick Jaynes, Peter Andrews, Mary Ann Bernard, Edmond Dantès, Donald Kaufman, Sam Etic, John Jay Smith and Rich Graff.
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00:00Three minutes. That is how long I have before this film begins.
00:03I know the person who made it. I know his mind moves when an idea gets a hold of him.
00:08He does not chase ordinary questions. He chases the ones that sit quietly under the surface of things.
00:14So, I've been wondering what he might have created this time.
00:18He's always been drawn to the edges of reality.
00:20The moments where art stops feeling like something that you watch and starts feeling like something that you step into.
00:26The places where you're not completely sure whether you're observing something or participating in it.
00:33That is why I keep thinking this might not be a typical film.
00:36Maybe it is about the future that we're slowly building without fully realizing it.
00:41Technology used to stay at a distance from us.
00:43A screen across the room. A device in our hands.
00:46Something clearly separate from who we are.
00:49But that distance keeps shrinking.
00:52Technology is moving closer to our senses.
00:54Closer to the way that we think.
00:56Closer to the way that we experience the world itself.
01:00Immersive stories that do not simply play in front of you.
01:03Immersive stories that respond to you.
01:06Stories that shift based on your thoughts.
01:10Imagine a system that promises to change that.
01:13A system that understands you in ways ordinary interactions do not.
01:17Something that can build experiences designed specifically for your mind.
01:23Would that feel comforting?
01:24Or would it slowly replace something essential about being human?
01:28Those are the kinds of questions that tend to interest Gene Jeter.
01:32Questions that do not offer simple answers.
01:35Questions that stay with you long after the story ends.
01:38But maybe this film is also about power.
01:41Every technological leap shifts influence somewhere.
01:45Someone designs the systems.
01:47Someone builds an architecture that shapes how people experience the world.
01:51Most of the time we never notice those structures.
01:53But they are always there.
01:56Sometimes art reveals them.
01:58Sometimes the story quietly points to the framework around us and asks us to see it for the first time.
02:03Maybe that is what this film will do.
02:06Or maybe I'm thinking too much about it.
02:08Because the person who made this believes deeply in imagination.
02:12In the strange human ability to invent worlds and then slowly turn those inventions into reality.
02:18For centuries people dreamed about stepping inside stories.
02:21Theater brought audiences closer.
02:24Cinema brought them closer still.
02:26Digital worlds moved the line even further.
02:29Each step leading toward the same idea.
02:31Not not watching the story.
02:34Living inside it.
02:36If that is the direction that we are heading then this film might not really be about the future.
02:41It might be about this exact moment in history.
02:44The moment when humanity stands on the edge of something new without fully understanding what we are about to enter.
02:50And knowing Gene, I doubt he is trying to predict the future.
02:53He is probably just asking us to notice where we are heading.
02:59Warning, the audio in this video exists exactly as intended.
03:04Everything was chosen in service of meaning, mood, and memory.
03:08This experience does not ask you to listen correctly.
03:11It asks you to listen honestly.
03:16I am waiting for you guys to say action.
03:19The life of a model and actress.
03:21Always waiting.
03:22And they say we take a long time.
03:24I thought you guys wanted me to wear a super Jeter suit or something.
03:27What happened to that?
03:28Did you get someone else?
03:28That would suck.
03:32Check out this new short film by Gene Jeter.
03:35Thanks for being here.
03:48What in the world?
03:56This is amazing that this is happening.
03:59I can be whatever I want here.
04:07The myth that certain New York City buildings act as black holes swallowing people whole
04:14has always belonged to the realm of urban legend.
04:19My name is Diego Perez.
04:25And I'm filming this because my daughter, Flora Perez, is missing.
04:33Hi, Conceptual Art Project.
04:34My name is Key Honor.
04:35I saw your casting call called Kay.
04:37Oh my God, I would love to be a part of this because my name begins with Kay.
04:41I know that's not exactly a great reason, but I'll tell you now why you should pick me.
04:48Hi, my name is Pristine Cooker.
04:50I want to be in your short film.
04:51I don't have much acting experience, but I have charisma.
04:54Can you see it?
04:55What else can I say?
04:57Whoa, this is nerve-wracking.
04:59My name is Tasneena.
05:01I'm really excited to be auditioning for this Conceptual Art Project.
05:05I honestly love projects that are a little different, a little mysterious, and especially
05:12make people think.
05:14So when I heard about this casting, I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
05:19A little about me, I'm a chemical engineer by profession, but I'm also a model artist
05:26and content creator.
05:28I would like to know more about this casting.
05:31It is interesting, yet not sure if it is interesting enough for me.
05:34I think I would like to be part of it.
05:37Oh, my name is Priscilla.
05:38Please reach out to me and let me know more about this Kay project.
05:41This is some stupid casting call and you're not fooling anyone.
05:43I know this is some misogasmic project.
05:46I can just tell.
05:47Enough is enough with this type shit.
05:48I need to make a video to apply to this casting call.
05:51I need to start my acting career.
05:53Could you see me in movies?
05:55I think I'd be great to hire because I can sing and dance and I know how to pole dance
06:00too.
06:00I think I've always been drawn to creative spaces where I can tell stories, whether that's
06:09through photography, film, painting, or performance.
06:14I love, love expressing emotion on camera.
06:22I enjoy experimenting with different moods and different characters.
06:29I'm also comfortable improvising, so I like letting moments feel natural instead of overly
06:35rehearsed.
06:36Hi, Karen here.
06:38I think I'm probably too young for this casting, but my mom's making me do this.
06:41She thinks I have a chance.
06:43I think not.
06:45She always does this to me, always having me apply to things I can never get, most of
06:50the time.
06:51It is quite odd.
06:52She really takes out her failed career as an actress onto me.
06:55I hate it.
06:57I really hate it.
06:58It's kind of crazy.
07:00But all my friends' moms are this way.
07:02They treat us like we're 25 or something.
07:05I don't get it.
07:06And I can find my own jobs.
07:07I'm really better at it.
07:09But I'm just being honest.
07:11Too honest, says my dad.
07:14Dang.
07:15If my mom ever sees this video, she's going to have a conniption.
07:20Maybe you have another role that fits me better.
07:22Yes?
07:23Let me know.
07:25Um, I really don't care.
07:27I'm just doing this video so I don't get into any more trouble.
07:31Anyways, thanks for your time.
07:32Hello, hello.
07:33My name is Helena Alice.
07:34Your casting call resonated with me in ways that I cannot truly fathom.
07:38I am open to whatever this role entails.
07:41Please consider me.
07:42I can contribute greatly.
07:43I would like to apply to the casting call.
07:46Well, I guess I'm doing that now.
07:48My name is Sabrina Caraccio.
07:50I am a model and magician.
07:51I used to do a different kind of work.
07:54I feel this job...
07:56I think what I bring is curiosity, versatility, and genuine enthusiasm.
08:03Hi, I'm Luliana Bennett.
08:04I've seen the casting for this conceptual project.
08:06And I'm not fully sure what it is.
08:08But I have like this energetic presence just throwing me in.
08:10So I thought, may as well just go for it.
08:12I think I'm somebody that people notice, even when I'm not trying to be.
08:16Or maybe I want to be noticed.
08:17I don't really know.
08:18Maybe it's the same thing.
08:20I like moments where things feel a little different.
08:22Like something's just slightly off, but like in a good way.
08:25I think I understand that feeling a little bit too much as well.
08:29I'm really drawn to projects where it's emotional, but without actually explaining too much.
08:33Like, you know the type of thing that makes people think about it afterwards?
08:36I can be gentle or a little unexpected.
08:38I'm biased opinion, but I think I'd be pretty interesting to watch.
08:42I'm expressive, I can adapt quickly.
08:43And I like moments where things feel real without overdoing it.
08:47Even when I'm quiet, I still think there's something happening just underneath.
08:51So whatever this is, I'd really like to be a part of it.
08:53I just feel like I'd fit naturally.
08:55And I'd just really love the chance to be a part of something so memorable.
09:09Do you see me?
09:10I am a work of art.
09:12And you should hire me.
09:13Because I am the one.
09:15Not the two or the three, but the one.
09:18Please.
09:19Please hire me.
09:20I'm tired of being dressed like this.
09:22Hello.
09:23Good evening.
09:23My name is Hannah Summers.
09:25One of my girls applied to your casting call.
09:28She thought I wouldn't find out.
09:29She knows she's supposed to inform me beforehand.
09:33Dumb broad aside, this film you're making could be beneficial to both of us.
09:38I have a lot of girls.
09:39I have unlimited money as well.
09:42I wouldn't mind donating a large amount if you could put a few of my girls in your film.
09:46I want to market my business globally.
09:49And I think this will help me in remarkable ways and pathways.
09:57So, let me know what you need.
10:00I have everything.
10:02All types.
10:03All colours.
10:05All shapes.
10:0620s.
10:0730s.
10:0940s too.
10:11Some of my girls be sitting in the house with nothing to do, except watch terrible soap operas
10:17and eating way too much Dorito chips.
10:20Got my place smelling like the farthest feel.
10:24So, yeah.
10:26Let's make this happen.
10:28I appreciate your time.
10:31Hannah, out.
10:33I love collaborating with creative spaces, creative people.
10:40And truly helping bring unique ideas to life.
10:45Thank you so much for considering me for this position.
10:50And I really hope I get this opportunity.
10:53And I'm really looking forward to hearing back from you.
10:57Thanks.
10:58Dorito is my name.
10:59I don't have any acting experience, but I do have nice tater tots.
11:02Some of my friends call me Goddess Ketchup.
11:05I have a ketchup kink.
11:06Hi, guys.
11:07It's your girl, Lauren Edgebound.
11:09Okay.
11:10Can somebody explain to me why this whole conceptual art project thing is like the biggest mystery
11:16online right now?
11:18I keep seeing people talking about it everywhere.
11:21Foreign posts.
11:22Random social media threads.
11:24Even creator spaces.
11:26The weird thing is, nobody knows exactly what it is.
11:30People have theories, but nobody seems to have answers.
11:34Then the internet started doing what the internet does best, and people are adding on to the story.
11:39I saw someone say they got a cryptic message after contacting the people behind it, and other
11:45people say they're getting vague messages.
11:47I even saw someone say the whole thing changes depending on who looks into it.
11:52What does that even mean?
11:54At this point, I can't tell what's real anymore.
11:56I feel like this has gone from a random project to a straight-up urban legend.
12:01People are even saying, if you say a conceptual art project three times in the mirror, something
12:06spooky appears behind you.
12:09I need to get to the bottom of this.
12:11And as soon as I know, you will too.
12:13See you soon, if nothing black and mirror-ish happens to me.
12:17Good morning, my name is Jeannie Maca.
12:19I really want to be part of this Kate thing.
12:21I think it's on brand with my lifestyle.
12:23You have no idea.
12:25Pick me.
12:25I mean it.
12:26I bring energy.
12:27I bring color.
12:28I live for this kind of-
12:33Wait, what?
12:37No, no, you said that they called two other girls.
12:43Yeah, I just-
12:45I don't understand.
12:47Did-
12:47Did I do something wrong?
12:49Is there something I should have said?
12:50Should have done differently?
12:57No, I get it.
12:58It's just-
12:58This is just really frustrating because this is something I actually wanted.
13:01This is something I actually cared about.
13:07Yeah, I appreciate the honesty and thank you for telling me.
13:10It's just-
13:10What am I supposed to do?
13:12Change and be someone completely out of my league just so I can finally get picked?
13:18It's-
13:19Honestly, just really frustrating.
13:25Yeah, thank you.
13:29Two other girls, really?
13:31It's-
13:32Why not me?
13:33I-
13:34I-
13:35Yeah, I know you can't answer that.
13:42Bye.
13:44Bye.
14:09Where this will go is up to you.
14:13Pay close attention.
14:42Don't forget to go.
15:55The character requires emotional openness, willingness and humility.
15:59This art film, a short film, is scripted, improv, spontaneous and meta.
16:03The objective is to poke at previous properties in which a character had to bring vulnerability, truth and subtle strength
16:09to the role as well as break the fourth wall in a sincere way.
16:12I will be choosing one main actress and a few co-actresses for the first and third acts of Kay
16:16at a different daily rate.
16:18It will take one to two days to complete in NYC.
16:21I would like all applicants to shoot a video and leave a DM why you feel called to this role
16:26and how you would embody it.
16:27All info and details will be explained to all cast.
16:31My manager didn't want me to apply, because, what did conceptual art project actually mean?
16:36I applied anyway.
16:38My manager also posted casting calls without revealing her identity at first.
16:42I was excited to learn it was Merlin.
16:44He called me personally to come to the Red Towers in New York City for an audition.
16:48I was one out of a few women who actually submitted a video.
16:52When I arrived, there was a special elevator that only went to one floor.
16:56The K floor or the 11th floor.
16:58I thought that was what K meant.
17:00I would soon discover that was wrong.
17:02The floor was simply an empty space and windows hidden by sliding panel blinds.
17:06The color black was everywhere.
17:08A temporary floating hologram of colors appeared in front of me and spoke to me.
17:13The hologram told me to sit behind the contract on the floor.
17:16The hologram told me to sign the contract after reviewing it.
17:19The contract was like a bible.
17:21I skimmed through it, fuck it, I signed it.
17:23Suddenly, hypnotic-inducing music started playing.
17:26Yeah, there was some strange music playing.
17:29And then a circular hologram was looking at me when the music stopped.
17:33This hologram had Merlin's voice.
17:36I was scared.
17:37I couldn't figure out how he was doing all this.
17:40He said this audition was the movie.
17:44The movie.
17:46Everything was being recorded.
17:48I left.
17:49I realized the audition was already assuming my compliance.
17:54This wasn't art.
17:55This was something else.
17:57An iPad was in my hands.
17:59It had a list of pet names on it.
18:01I was asked to pick a pet name.
18:03I picked Muffin.
18:05He said no, you are kitten.
18:06He was aware that I had posed nude for photo shoots, and he instructed me to take off everything.
18:12I wanted to leave.
18:13I wanted to leave.
18:14Was this a casting call, or a casting couch?
18:17However, I couldn't get myself to leave.
18:19I wanted to know where this was going.
18:21So I did it.
18:22I mean it was Merlin's hologram.
18:23I felt free.
18:24He displayed his dominance, and I submitted.
18:26I thought I was here to play a role as a submissive type, but he wanted a real submissive.
18:32He called me kitten too.
18:34He requested the same thing from me as well.
18:36Okay.
18:37It was Merlin.
18:40I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever meet him.
18:46A glass of milk was now on a white table.
18:49I didn't see it or the table appear, but his hologram disappeared however.
18:53He told me that it was my move now.
18:55I walked over to the table.
18:57I assumed I had to drink it.
18:59I didn't want to drink anything.
19:00What was going to happen to me?
19:02Was it just milk?
19:03Was it laced with something?
19:05Was it laced with maybe?
19:06I don't even want to say, but as a woman.
19:09Red flag.
19:09But I was K.
19:10I was kitten.
19:11I was here to comply.
19:13Then, a naked woman made of milk.
19:15Rose out the milk.
19:17That was crazy.
19:18But what was crazier?
19:19I could taste the milk in my mouth.
19:21How?
19:21And then the naked woman of milk was gone.
19:24I think walking over to the table activated everything that happened next.
19:28I felt euphoric.
19:29I was suddenly floating or panning through the forest.
19:32Merlin's voice told me that I was deciding this now.
19:35I created the forest.
19:36That all my erogenous zones were activated through brainwaves.
19:40Where this will go was my own creation.
19:43I couldn't handle it.
19:45I couldn't handle it either.
19:47But I was in the jungle.
19:48I woke up.
19:50I was always sitting on the floor.
19:52There was a helmet thingy on my face.
19:54I took it off.
19:56I drank the milk.
19:58Then I was transferred.
20:07I had a different experience entirely.
20:11I was standing on a high polished terrace above a vast ruined city glowing in blue and violet light.
20:17Embers drifted slowly through the air like falling stars and none of them burned me.
20:22I leaned against an ancient stone column and looked outward feeling calm.
20:29I wore a long dark gown that shimmered with lines of fire near my feet and its trailing fabric moved
20:35as if guided by thought instead of wind.
20:39Below me the city stretched endlessly beautiful and broken at once.
20:43It felt like something that I might have dreamed of once.
20:46Maybe I did.
20:48It would definitely be something I would act in.
20:51And I really hope I get this opportunity.
20:54And I'm really looking forward to hearing back from you.
21:02Am I going to lose air in here?
21:04Hello?
21:06Is anyone out there?
21:07Wow.
21:08This is what I wanted and now it's here.
21:11My fantasy.
21:12My way.
21:13My fantasy.
21:21I wanted to be a model but not a camera model.
21:24This can't be happening.
21:26Is he about to use me?
21:28And push my buttons?
21:30What in the Ronzoni is this?
21:37What are you going to do with me Mr. Hemmerger?
21:40I think you know the answer to that.
21:42Shall we begin?
21:46I think you know the answer to that.
21:52What is happening?
21:54Hello?
21:57I knew I shouldn't have drank the milk.
21:59I really want to be part of this cake thing.
22:01I think it's on brand with my lifestyle.
22:04You have no idea.
22:05Pick me.
22:18I love this.
22:21Please don't stop.
22:24Keep it going.
22:27I think I'm...
22:28None of the women actually experienced anything in real life.
22:31It was all happening in their minds.
22:33The true art film, Merlin Merajnik and his team had created a virtual reality headset
22:37to combat the loneliness epidemic for men and women.
22:40Women, in most cases, always chose an experience with nature than with a virtual human male.
22:46Some women chose other things.
22:50But men, they had entirely a different virtual experience,
22:53in the dominate role on what the virtual woman would do for them.
22:56This video doesn't cover what they saw.
22:59All participants were paid in duration if they signed the contract.
23:03This K experience was just one of the themes this new headset would provide.
23:06This headset, according to Merajnik, wasn't exactly a game.
23:10It was sexual relief.
23:11It was digital partnership.
23:13It was the bridge before the robots arrive.
23:15It was to make the cold future ahead of us a little better.
23:18And this cold future was coming faster than anyone could predict.
23:21Merlin, he sucks.
23:23He's no visionary, just sexist.
23:27However, he is no different than what social media does to all of us.
23:32There is manipulation happening everywhere.
23:35This headset experience is not healthy.
23:38It's morally gray.
23:40I know I consented and took the money afterwards, but I needed it.
23:44Times are tough.
23:46Let me get this straight.
23:47This rich guy manipulated women to try his headset without them knowing at first.
23:52And no one is saying anything about this?
23:56The power of the rich once again.
24:00The power...
24:01Jamie, can you tell us anything about Merlin's headset?
24:10Liliana, what are you doing on the floor again?
24:14Liliana.
24:25Hello.
24:26I was one of the naked sushi models that Merlin Marajanik met at an undisclosed dinner party.
24:31I was asked to come to a remote location, other than the red towers.
24:36I was there for two weeks and every day I wore the headset for 12 hours, not all at once
24:41but in sessions with breaks, water, food, silence, then back in.
24:46The headset knows your past by your brainwaves.
24:49The happy times, the sad times, the traumas, the desires, fears, fantasies, even feelings we don't have names for, sensations,
25:00pathways.
25:01Nothing was off limits.
25:03My contribution was to create thousands of intimate experiences for the female users after me.
25:08Love making, kinks, fetishes, you name it, authority, power, loyalty, royalty, honor, humiliation was a choice too.
25:19It didn't matter, none of it was really real, just kinda real.
25:23There were different women invited to this remote location too.
25:27Some men were there as well.
25:29We all had our own private virtual workspace.
25:32And like that Christopher Nolan movie, we were the architects creating worlds after worlds after worlds.
25:39It was amazing.
25:40I never wanted it to end.
25:42It was the best thing that ever happened to me.
25:46Merlin.
25:47I was a sex doll.
25:48I couldn't believe it.
25:50I went from being a human female to a freaking sex doll, oh god.
25:54I heard someone opening the door but I couldn't move at all to see who it was.
25:59However, it was a handsome older fellow.
26:03He took off all my clothes with care.
26:05He made love to me like I was an actual real woman.
26:09I mean, I was a real woman?
26:11It was so weird.
26:12I couldn't believe I was into it.
26:15I guess I'm a undercover freak.
26:17What is happening?
26:18I can't move.
26:36Be a sex doll.
26:393.3 feet tall.
26:44Be a play doll.
26:47You and me, let's have a ball.
26:52You don't have to do anything.
26:56Stay still and be everything.
27:01Stop being something and be a fun little nothing.
27:11A fun little nothing.
27:29Submerge, you and I will merge.
27:34I got an urge.
27:38You're helping me emerge.
27:44Be a sex doll.
27:473.3 feet tall.
27:52Be a play doll.
27:55You and me, let's have a ball.
27:59Are you my fun little nothing?
28:06I got an urge.
28:09I got an urge.
28:09You're helping me emerge.
28:14Be a sex doll.
28:173.3 feet tall.
28:22Be a play doll.
28:24You and me, let's have a ball.
28:30Are you my fun little nothing?
28:35Yesterday evening, I was invited to try out Merlin for feedback purposes.
28:39It's a headset by tech millionaire Merlin Mirajnik.
28:42I didn't know I was part of the in crowd.
28:45Wow.
28:45Thank you for that.
28:48All I can say about this new headset is this.
28:51I will never need a boyfriend again.
28:53Or any substitute for that matter.
28:55Virtual reality has never been done like this before.
28:59It's something that shouldn't be described.
29:01Just experienced.
29:04Merlin is coming out soon.
29:06But when?
29:07I guess only Merlin knows.
29:25следующ a time.
29:26The immersive experience
29:31The immersive experience
29:38The immersive experience
29:41The immersive experience
29:51Set yourself free
29:53Like the army be all that you can be
29:58Meet your own allegory
30:00Turn the key to your sexuality
30:05You might be in the woods
30:07With touchy elastic hands
30:10You might make it to the desert
30:12To watch a vaginal cactus bend
30:15You might swim in ice cream ocean
30:19With a strawberry man
30:21You don't need to understand
30:23What's at hand
30:24The immersive experience
30:26The immersive experience
30:36The immersive experience
30:39The immersive experience
30:49Set yourself free
30:51Open your mind, your sexuality
30:56Experiment inside of thee
30:58Break the lock to your vulnerability
31:02You might come to a confrontation
31:06With yourself
31:08You might fly the skies with a cyborg
31:12Gingerbread elf
31:14You might become a sticky toy stuck on a cotton candy shell
31:19You might even emit on yourself
31:22The immersive experience
31:29The immersive experience
31:34The immersive experience
31:41The immersive experience
31:44The immersive experience
31:48Okay
31:48You came this far
31:50The cerebral door is partly ajar
31:55You're the movie and the star
31:57In this visually stimulating bizarre
32:04The immersive experience
32:07Is so supercilious
32:10The immersive experience
32:13Staring to the eyes of the mysterious
32:16The immersive experience
32:20The immersive experience
32:26Tap your own lascivious
32:36Did you know that in 2003
32:39A study at Northwestern University
32:43Led by psychologist J. Michael Bailey
32:47Found that heterosexual women's
32:50Physiological responses suggest
32:53Greater sexual flexibility than men
32:56The researchers argue
33:00That female sexuality
33:02May operate under different
33:04Developmental and organizational principles
33:08Than male sexuality
33:10And should be studied independently
33:13Rather than modeled after male patterns
33:18My daughter, as I said
33:21Flora, she applied for this casting role
33:24And it was for Project K
33:29She went to the Red Towers in New York City
33:33And anyway, she left her job earlier that day
33:37And never came home
33:39I went to the authorities
33:40And they couldn't help me
33:43There's zero evidence of any underhanded stuff going on
33:47Here
33:49My God, I mean
33:51I mean, my baby has been kidnapped
33:53Or sexually trafficked
33:55Other women, they've gone there
33:58Right?
33:59Like, what's the problem?
34:02Are they being silenced?
34:04Is that what's going on here?
34:05You know, maybe is it a cult even?
34:08Who knows?
34:11But
34:13I don't know
34:14I'm concerned
34:16I want my daughter back
34:19And
34:19At the end of this video
34:22I'll be able to have my contact info
34:24To reach me
34:25And also
34:26What her description is
34:28So you can see what she looks like
34:30Thank you so much
34:48Yeah, Flora Perez
34:49She was a unique situation
34:51She created or propagated a chamber
34:54That she was trapped in
35:00Flora was still in control of her reality
35:02And she didn't realize it
35:04She was in this reality for hours
35:06The invisible entity was a clone of herself
35:08In male form
35:09It was all her pent-up desires
35:11She was set free after that
35:14The only problem is
35:15Flora sees this invisible entity
35:18In real life sometimes
35:20Merlin is personally paying for therapy, of course
35:24Let me help!
35:26Merlin!
35:28I want to go home!
35:30Merlin!
35:34After the headset Merlin was released to the public in early 2031
35:37It sold out in its first limited run
35:39There was no traditional advertising campaign
35:42No billboards
35:43No splashy launch event
35:45Just word of mouth
35:46The press framed it as controversial
35:48Investors framed it as inevitable
35:49The sales numbers spoke what the people really wanted for men and women both
35:53By the end of the first year
35:55Millions of units had shipped globally
35:58Subscription tiers were introduced offering expanded experiences
36:01The headset began being studied at universities
36:03The governments were asked questions they were not ready to answer
36:07Critics warned of dependency and emotional substitution
36:10Researchers pointed to data showing decreased depression markers among regular users
36:14Merlin Mirajnik responded only once during a rare interview
36:17He said people already live in mediated realities
36:20He simply made something that admitted it
36:22The headset was no longer discussed as a product but as a mirror
36:26Some saw connection
36:27Some saw control
36:28Some saw relief
36:30Merajnik never corrected them
36:34Hey
36:46What do you guys think?
37:01what do you guys think cue the lights that short film was perfect Merlin people will
37:08be distracted on that as you work on the real project
37:12you
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