In 2018, RubenFro worked with photographer Cody Ellingham and sound designer SJF to create Future Cities, a groundbreaking immersive art experience based on photogrammetry and running on an original framework developed by RubenFro.

Being based in Tokyo, one of the largest cities in the world, the continuously evolving nature of the city is clear and undeniable. Old buildings are torn down every day. The old city, with its narrow alleys and wooden houses, is steadily disappearing, replaced by modern architecture, new streets, and larger highways.

The project began with a question: how can we remember an ever-evolving city? What if we could stop time and wander through a single moment of its past?

The team walked through the city, recording streets, narrow alleys, and people in their daily lives. Using a special photogrammetry process, the images were converted into 3D data, preserving those locations as digital space.

With an extensive collection of digitized data and music composed by SJF, the team built an abstract journey through a reimagined city. Disconnected locations were reattached in familiar but unusual ways, creating a recognizable yet surreal reality that was projected on walls and explored freely by the audience with a controller.