A Seat at Their Table

A Seat at Their Table

A VR empathy experience about food, allergies, and being overlooked

A VR empathy experience about food, allergies, and being overlooked

What happens when the world forgets to make room for you?

A Seat at Their Table is a virtual reality experience that places you in the shoes of someone with a severe food allergy at a dinner party. Surrounded by warm conversation and rich dishes you can’t eat, you navigate the quiet discomfort of being excluded from the table—literally and emotionally.

Developed in Unity for Meta Quest 2, this project uses environmental storytelling, spatial audio, and subtle interactions to build empathy for those with food hypersensitivities, reframing "just a preference" as a daily negotiation of risk, identity, and inclusion.

What happens when the world forgets to make room for you?

A Seat at Their Table is a virtual reality experience that places you in the shoes of someone with a severe food allergy at a dinner party. Surrounded by warm conversation and rich dishes you can’t eat, you navigate the quiet discomfort of being excluded from the table—literally and emotionally.

Developed in Unity for Meta Quest 2, this project uses environmental storytelling, spatial audio, and subtle interactions to build empathy for those with food hypersensitivities, reframing "just a preference" as a daily negotiation of risk, identity, and inclusion.