Having made cloth in blender and unity yesterday, I attached it to the model of the leader around its neck. I have used capsule and sphere colliders to stop the fabric from crossing the model as other meshes arent recognised by the cloth component. This works perfectly well in the editor, however when testing in… Continue reading 26th August

I have been working on the VR app, and have built a simple environment with hands (rather than controllers) All the colours across this world, and the AR app are the same to make it feel more like a continuous journey. As the viewer load the VR game, they find themselves on a patch of… Continue reading 22nd August

I plan on using energy ball particles in the VR app that use a flocking behaviour to move around – the world is about light and energy – positive energy. The player needs to ignore the negative energy, and stay devoted.

Prior to setting up the hand tracking, I tried out first hand. I didn’t like the locomotion system / complication of gestures. But I liked being able to touch things. In regards to the AR, Having done some minor User Testing with family, I have decided to add in a tutorial scene for the sorter… Continue reading 17th August

Having finished the mechanisms of the walking trash collection game, I decided to make the mechanisms for the mini trash sorter game as well. There are six bins (plastic, paper, glass, metal, organic, and other). The player must click to correct bin based on what object instantiates in the centre of the screen. If the… Continue reading 4th August II

The AR app is now working as desired. On opening the app, after an explanatory message of what the challenge is, the game begins. The devotee must walk at least 500 steps while clearing away any trash (by touch) found along the way. Once 500 registered steps are recorded, and there is no longer any… Continue reading 4th August I

Over the last few weeks, I have been reading into fandoms and transmedia storytelling, and questioning the connections I can make between these entities along with belief and status. It is to do with social structures and the effect different medias can have on them. How social structures can be formed around certain media and… Continue reading 3rd August

I was watching The Most Hated Man on the Internet, a TV series about Hunter Moore, a horrendous man who developed a cult following after creating a site called ‘Anyone Up?’ that was a hub for revenge porn. The ease at which so many like minded followers became devoted to him, and were willing to… Continue reading 6th July

Having our first session with Abel today was very helpful in thinking about what the degree show may look like, and to consider the sensorial experience of the visitors. A main development reached from this session was the idea to have the VR part of the experience on a patch of fake grass, on which… Continue reading 4th July

Speaking to Ana today, as the degree show is our only opportunity to show our work, it is very much acceptable to have a longer, more complex experience that requires going over all the platforms I had planned. The focus of my thesis could be on incentives and motivations for joining a community / cult… Continue reading 27th June