One can argue that our project was an experimentation of VR as a tool for previs for a VR project. VR has been used as a previs tool for actual films and series, such as Lion King and the Mandalorian, but it has not been used inception-ally i.e. previs in VR for VR. Doing previs …
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Trying out VRChat as a VR previs tool
Step 1 – Creating a custom “world” for VRChat in Unity Downloading the correct version of unityDownloading VRChat SDKs for world-building (VRChat world 3)Setting up a basic scene with VRCworld Step 2 – Adding Assets we want to experiment with in, the scene Step 3) Becoming familiar with UDon and adding appropriate action/interaction components and …
Previs Process Scene4
The Basic Setup Of the Scene List of common previs practices that I will be testing in Scene4: Different perspectives / POV / Interactivity / Navigation / Avatar role (?) Lighting / Shadows Movement of assets: e.g. speed, rotation, distance from player How many of them are going to be there – maybe cut down …
Affordances in the design ofScene4
Affordances in the scene: Currently the scene can be experienced in two perspectives, 1st person POV and 3rd person POV.1st person POV: In first person POV the visual affordances of the player is the skybox, the moving shapes coming towards them, that change color and displacement, and a small plane they are standing on that …
Designing Scene 4 – the process
In the video below the scene is in a stage that is ready for testing/experimenting aka starting the previs process.
Week 6 – Important feedback – [Tutorials with Ana, Christos, & Luke individually]
Tutorial 16/2 with Ana feedback: Select common practices that happen with previs and try to focus in those alone e.g. camera position – select them in a smart way – find those who are best highlighted in VR Camera, VFX, lights, blocking, positioning Experiment with a couple that may work best in VR How would …
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VR as a tool for previsualisation – Research
What is Previs ? Previsualization is a collaborative process within pre-production where filmmakers visually plan scenes with camera works, lighting, character movements, etc. (ScreenSkills, ND) Traditionally, this process has been performed with drawings, concept images, sketches, etc., and it is not until recently that previs has been performed with 3D animation tools. (Wikipedia, 2021) Previs …
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Midterm Crit Presentation – xxxWorkaHolic
Week 3 – Finalized our project adaptation – xxxHolic opening theme
In a team with Inga, Adrika from MA VR and Rosie Spencer from Sound Arts Started of initial brainstorming of what we are going to adapt. We are on a dilemma on whether we want to adapt a movie poster or a movie opening theme We have finalized our top choice to A VR adaptation …
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Week 4 Collaborative Unit updates:
Added Rosie Spencer (sound arts student) in our group chat and briefed her on our project. Named our team xxxWorkaHolic Created a variety of boards on Trello IDEAS board Initial Ideas xxxHolic Ideas Storyboard ideas Any other ideas that may occur are added to this board To Do list All general todo tasks All big …