Walking through the Virtual Cinema in the JW Marriott is a crazy experience. It’s dark, everywhere you look are VR headsets, and definitely some weird sounds surround you.

I stumbled upon the Cypher, a weird spiny bean-looking thing that bulged and moved while I looked at it. I found Güvenç Özel of Ozel Office, who described himself as the “principal” of the creation. Here’s what he had to say about it.