This blog post is for all my final artefacts.. nicely polished and published!
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This blog post is for all my final artefacts.. nicely polished and published!
Submission:
The video is finished so I’m spending the day finishing the headsets and organising my files. I understand the hand-in time is 11pm and I’ll probably continue until then.
I’m not allowing myself to think about what I’ll do tomorrow! I’m excited by the prospect of continuing the project as I’ve really enjoyed working in unity for the last few weeks and I feel I’m in a flow with it.
I’ll get the final walkthrough on to youtube, Vimeo and my website over the next few days and I’ll also post it here. It will be nice to spend a little time polishing up all the images etc for that.
Phew…
Submissions:
Video .mp4 file
Lunarium PC .exe file
Lunarium VR apk file
Links
Development File https://drive.google.com/open?id=14PHWWGwGoA67Yejevn384HKbnmqUWY_3 Reflective Journal http://sarrahornbyresearch.blogspot.com/ Academic Research https://refworks.proquest.com/public-share/ZR3fxB7y4K80p1xHcYKTvvH8BaY1e3FkISSHFv2Yi6y4 Trello Board https://trello.com/b/kCeQ0V6U/projectxmajor-final-project Oculus Webpage (Alcwyn has access) https://www.oculus.com/deeplink/?action=view&path=app/2347135688725653&ref=oculus_desktop LinkedIn Learning https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarrahornby/ Sarra.TV Lunarium Webpage https://sarra.tv/immersion
Sarra Hornby , 30 Apr at 11:02
Video: Refocused
I have been thinking carefully about the app video submission and I didn’t just want to reiterate my journal and so the plan is to edit the app walkthrough and then talk about specific points that impacted on my personal learning experience. I intend to talk a little more about why these moments were important in relation to my skillset and creative experience as well as how this has influenced my personal and professional objectives.
It will be more personal.
I sometimes struggle to reveal my true thoughts and feelings about my work and vulnerabilities and I can be very critical of my work. Sometimes unfairly so. I tend to present a solid professional frontier but behind that I am sensitive (as creatives are). It’s about striking a balance.
So, I’m going to try again.
😀
Video: Refocused
I have been thinking carefully about the app video submission and I didn’t just want to reiterate my journal and so the plan is to edit the app walkthrough and then talk about specific points that impacted on my personal learning experience. I intend to talk a little more about why these moments were important in relation to my skillset and creative experience as well as how this has influenced my personal and professional objectives.
It will be more personal.
I sometimes struggle to reveal my true thoughts and feelings about my work and vulnerabilities and I can be very critical of my work. Sometimes unfairly so. I tend to present a solid professional frontier but behind that I am sensitive (as creatives are). It’s about striking a balance.
So, I’m going to try again.
😀
Video: key points :Concise (need Images/Video)
Proposal – Project X
1. Visual Art project
Experimental Animation
XR
curation
funding
2. Commercial project
Wheels Proposal
Name changed to Lunarium (Halloween theme)
Project Management
Waterfall
Agile
Sprint reviews
Spiral model
SCRUM certification
Research Methodology
Practice-based research
Spiral model
Research
Market Research
Academic/grey research
Practical experimentation
Technical Specification
PC & Mobile VR
Google cardboard/Gear/Go/Oculus Gear
Blocker/success.
FPC
door mechanics/C sharp scripting
Probuilder modelling
Animation
audio
effects
post processing
Multi platform development
Mobile VR Version
PC Version
Unity
Version changes
Plugin dependencies
Tutorials/forums/discord/academic support
Optimisation
Lighting
UV Maps
environment modelling
animation tests
Narrative
The Hero’s (fools) Journey
Linear Structure
Helix Structure
Open World
gravity as a narrative device
VR Narrative research
GDC : environment design as spatial cinematography
VR 4th wall & Immersion
VR UI
Wayfinding Research
White box tests maze layouts
User Research
Shorten Labyrinth in response to user testing
Make more complex with more interaction for PC version
World building: Lines of desire
GDC practical VR for Disney Theme parks
GDC Playing with Magic : interactive worlds and Walt Disney imagineering
Halloween Theme
Theme park research IP immersion in story telling
Alton Towers scarefest
Death in Cunard poetry – Hall history
opera/videogames
academic research
‘Paperiness’
Paper cut models
Low poly
Light
scale
Sound/music/effects
Opera/Videogames
Danse Macabre
Paper flip (bicycle wheel with card)
Character Development
drawn/flat graphics
Humanised Death
Alienated death
Maximo
Fuse
Blender
Post Processing
Walkthrough video
Cut scene further dev
SMART goals
Coronavirus
Remote working VR
Marketing & Dissemination
Oculus Store
Video: key points :Concise (need Images/Video)
Proposal – Project X
1. Visual Art project
Experimental Animation
XR
curation
funding
2. Commercial project
Wheels Proposal
Name changed to Lunarium (Halloween theme)
Project Management
Waterfall
Agile
Sprint reviews
Spiral model
SCRUM certification
Research Methodology
Practice-based research
Spiral model
Research
Market Research
Academic/grey research
Practical experimentation
Technical Specification
PC & Mobile VR
Google cardboard/Gear/Go/Oculus Gear
Blocker/success.
FPC
door mechanics/C sharp scripting
Probuilder modelling
Animation
audio
effects
post processing
Multi platform development
Mobile VR Version
PC Version
Unity
Version changes
Plugin dependencies
Tutorials/forums/discord/academic support
Optimisation
Lighting
UV Maps
environment modelling
animation tests
Narrative
The Hero’s (fools) Journey
Linear Structure
Helix Structure
Open World
gravity as a narrative device
VR Narrative research
GDC : environment design as spatial cinematography
VR 4th wall & Immersion
VR UI
Wayfinding Research
White box tests maze layouts
User Research
Shorten Labyrinth in response to user testing
Make more complex with more interaction for PC version
World building: Lines of desire
GDC practical VR for Disney Theme parks
GDC Playing with Magic : interactive worlds and Walt Disney imagineering
Halloween Theme
Theme park research IP immersion in story telling
Alton Towers scarefest
Death in Cunard poetry – Hall history
opera/videogames
academic research
‘Paperiness’
Paper cut models
Low poly
Light
scale
Sound/music/effects
Opera/Videogames
Danse Macabre
Paper flip (bicycle wheel with card)
Character Development
drawn/flat graphics
Humanised Death
Alienated death
Maximo
Fuse
Blender
Post Processing
Walkthrough video
Cut scene further dev
SMART goals
Coronavirus
Remote working VR
Marketing & Dissemination
Oculus Store
Lunarium: Key moments
Having read through the project development blog, I have a list of key moments. This part of the video will only be around 5 minutes long and there is quite a lot to say… but I am committed to keeping it simple and clear ( in the spirit of ‘how I would explain my project to my mum’.
Key Moments (will need to be made more concise)
- Research
- VR Narrative
- Methodology
- Unity – Form
- Unity – FPC
- Experimental Animation & XR
- Natural Form
- Navigation
- Technical Spec
- Visual Art – Double Helix
- Narrative Structure
- Gravity
- ‘Paperiness’ Aesthetics
- Wayfinding
- Curation
- Wire Models
- Motion
- Music
- Funding
- Commercial project
- Proposal
- Sprint 1 review – envisioning
- Sprint 2 – proof of concept
- Narrative development
- User testing 2
- Project management
- Cut scenes
- Production phase 1
- Production phase 2
- VR Setup
- Low poly
- Google cardboard
- Dissemination & Distribution
- GDC : environment design as spatial cinematography
- Grey box testing
- Maze layouts
- UV Material Mapping : Dark Forest
- User testing 3
- Hole
- Paper cut models and maps
- Shorten Labyrinth in response to user testing
- SMART Goal update
- Scale research
- Distribution/optimisation/environment modelling/animation tests
- Project management
- Opera/videogames
- VR Narrative production
- Key sequence storyboard
- Oculus Gear setup
- Optimisation
- GDC practical VR for Disney Theme parks
- GDC Playing with Magic : interactive worlds and Walt Disney imagineering
- GIF
- Oculus Gear Blocker
- Marketing & Dissemination plan
- SMART goal update
- Oculus Gear Blocker continued
- Music : Danse Macabre
- Door Mechnic
- Opera/videogames research
- World building: Lines of desire
- VR UI
- New Lunarium GIF
- Maximo character modelling & Anination
- FUSE
- Halloween
- Death in Cunard poetry
- Death in Opera
- Death in videogames
- Academic research: opera/videogames
- Oculus gear success
- Alpha channel testing
- Scrum certification LinkedIn course
- Character dev: drawn/flat graphics
- Character Dev: humanised death (colloquial)
- Character Dev: Alienated Death (operatic)
- SMART goals update
- Oculus Go
- User testing
- Project management Trello
- Marketing & dissemination plan
- Coronavirus
- Remote studio
- SMART goal update
- Design, develop and deploy for VR Unity course
- Final fixes
- Reflection
- PC Version
- Walkthrough video
- Post processing
- Paperyness
NOTE: It is easier to view the project development on Trello as this shows a details plan, process and production for each week of the project.
Lunarium: Key moments
Having read through the project development blog, I have a list of key moments. This part of the video will only be around 5 minutes long and there is quite a lot to say… but I am committed to keeping it simple and clear ( in the spirit of ‘how I would explain my project to my mum’.
Key Moments (will need to be made more concise)
- Research
- VR Narrative
- Methodology
- Unity – Form
- Unity – FPC
- Experimental Animation & XR
- Natural Form
- Navigation
- Technical Spec
- Visual Art – Double Helix
- Narrative Structure
- Gravity
- ‘Paperiness’ Aesthetics
- Wayfinding
- Curation
- Wire Models
- Motion
- Music
- Funding
- Commercial project
- Proposal
- Sprint 1 review – envisioning
- Sprint 2 – proof of concept
- Narrative development
- User testing 2
- Project management
- Cut scenes
- Production phase 1
- Production phase 2
- VR Setup
- Low poly
- Google cardboard
- Dissemination & Distribution
- GDC : environment design as spatial cinematography
- Grey box testing
- Maze layouts
- UV Material Mapping : Dark Forest
- User testing 3
- Hole
- Paper cut models and maps
- Shorten Labyrinth in response to user testing
- SMART Goal update
- Scale research
- Distribution/optimisation/environment modelling/animation tests
- Project management
- Opera/videogames
- VR Narrative production
- Key sequence storyboard
- Oculus Gear setup
- Optimisation
- GDC practical VR for Disney Theme parks
- GDC Playing with Magic : interactive worlds and Walt Disney imagineering
- GIF
- Oculus Gear Blocker
- Marketing & Dissemination plan
- SMART goal update
- Oculus Gear Blocker continued
- Music : Danse Macabre
- Door Mechnic
- Opera/videogames research
- World building: Lines of desire
- VR UI
- New Lunarium GIF
- Maximo character modelling & Anination
- FUSE
- Halloween
- Death in Cunard poetry
- Death in Opera
- Death in videogames
- Academic research: opera/videogames
- Oculus gear success
- Alpha channel testing
- Scrum certification LinkedIn course
- Character dev: drawn/flat graphics
- Character Dev: humanised death (colloquial)
- Character Dev: Alienated Death (operatic)
- SMART goals update
- Oculus Go
- User testing
- Project management Trello
- Marketing & dissemination plan
- Coronavirus
- Remote studio
- SMART goal update
- Design, develop and deploy for VR Unity course
- Final fixes
- Reflection
- PC Version
- Walkthrough video
- Post processing
- Paperyness
NOTE: It is easier to view the project development on Trello as this shows a details plan, process and production for each week of the project.
Post Processing
I spent a day learning how to use version 2 post processing for Unity and tried out all of the settings… it looked a lot worse. I also had issues with the camera moment whereby the player couldn’t look up which meant that they would miss some details of the environment. I decided to remove the post processing but at Fog, lighting and environment gradient. This has the added bonus of not limiting processing load and so it will make it easier to convert from PC to Oculus quest at a later date.
I will add some images here of the experimentation, however I need to complete the walkthrough video in the next 24 hours and so time is limited.