Kitani Tatsuya's 'Levitation' MV Set Opens in VRChat for Limited Nighttime Hours
The release turns a music video's virtual filming location into an interactive, time-gated experience, blending promotional content with immersive world design rather than simply publishing the video as a 360-degree playback.
Reporting from 2 sources: KAI-YOU, PANORA.
Singer-songwriter Kitani Tatsuya released a VRChat world that recreates the setting of his music video for "Levitation" on June 15. The world is available for a limited time until June 27, and can only be visited between midnight and 5:00 AM daily. The song is the ending theme for the TV anime "NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE." The music video itself was filmed inside VRChat, using a 3DCG cityscape presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio with visual processing that mimics old TV footage. The released world reproduces that scenery exactly. Outside the designated hours, visitors see only a dark space with a single TV. The world includes a camcorder gimmick: picking it up overrides the user's camera to show footage from the camcorder's perspective, matching the MV's cinematography. Touching a specific part of the camcorder triggers the actual MV footage on a monitor. Background artist and 3D modeler Aigami Aoi, who directed the MV, confirmed that while some elements are new, the MV was filmed in this space. The world is exclusive to PCVR and Windows desktop users.
Background artist and 3D modeler Aigami Aoi, who directed the music video, confirmed that while some elements in the VRChat world are newly created, the MV was filmed in this same space. The world has no background music and no pen tools or mirrors, which are common in many VRChat worlds. It is designed as a realistic "ordinary night town" with attention to detail.
The camcorder gimmick works by picking up the prop, which overrides the user's camera to show footage from the camcorder's perspective. Touching a specific part of the camcorder triggers the actual MV footage on a monitor. The world supports filming, streaming, and cover shoots. VRChat's built-in camera filter "Glitch" gives a texture close to the MV's look.
The world is exclusive to PCVR and Windows desktop users. It is available daily from midnight to 5:00 AM (24:00 to 29:00 in Japanese time notation) until June 27.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.