Yay the due date is past! I hope you finished what you wanted to. But even if you didn't: join in on the demo party! Let's all play/watch each other's experiences!This thread's got some OPTIONS! Do one, do both! Whatever you want to do!Post a screens...
As I write, I'm at work for Virtually Live in Eichenreid, Germany giving demos to people (mostly kids). I feel strongly that with VR you must don a headset to realize what it is. The core idea I submitted for Oculus Launch Pad (here forth, OLP) was c...
Please share your Week 11 update. Please note Ebony is out on vacation until September 5th.
What a busy final week! Based on feedback from last week, we added a few small itemsto help build out the game experience. The first train conductor the playerinteracts with will now point at the train (behind the player) after handingthe player a tr...
You know, I am not one for drama but I am in the middle of putting the final touches on all the documents and sending them asap, tonight for sure. This hurricane is adding some drama! I've lived through a whole lot and there's always a chance of loos...
You know, I am not one for drama but I am in the middle of putting the final touches on all the documents and sending them asap, tonight for sure. This hurricane is adding some drama! I've lived through a whole lot and there's always a chance of loos...
The finish line is clearing!! Woo hoo!!!So, i'm back from Alaska this week, and savoring the last few items for the best. Unfortunately i caught the flu when i came back, and then pneumonia, it hasn't been the most fun week. On topic, the good, the b...
Looking forward to seeing your updates on Week 10 - As a reminder I, Ebony am on vacation and will be returning Sept 4th. If you have questions ask them directly in the group to Gabor or Stephanie. Thank you
This week I was focused on getting B-Roll of the Skidrow community. It didn't go so well. Most people weren't willing to do interviews or even get pictures taken still. After going down there for the last 10 weeks and giving out water and filming wit...
Week 2: Oculus Launch Pad (Due July 2 Midnight)
This week I traveled to SF for some promising VC meetings, jumped back to Seattle for PAX, and am staring at utterly too many hours of work left and this deadline looming.Finishing this project in the few hours a week I had to spare was always a long...
I shot a new segment which will be the core of my submission piece. I've been editing all day. I will go back and record some audio tomorrow morning. The app is under way. It will be a busy week until the 10th. Here are a few frames from my video. Se...
This week:all issues were resolved. initial prototype flow has improvedstarted improving camera angle and designAll issues dealing with app crashes was solved. I believed it was caused by wifi issues. Went to meet with my developer to figure the issu...
Its been a grind but very exciting building this VR Experience out. All the assets have been put together and we will be in the final stretch programming the alpha build and hope to deliver by end of the week! SEER LEAD A.IAssets:https://vimeo.com/23...
This week:got mock up flow completeddid allot of bug fixes and crashesThis week there was not much to show other than completing the flow of the app based on the design doc. Was able to implement controller use. Was able to implement rotational trigg...
First week in a while that did not have a ton of travel, so I got a lot done...though next week is a trip to SF for a meeting, then PAX when I get back to Seattle. I literally budgeted for 6 weeks in my last post, only to realize there are only 2 wee...
Week 7 - we are at the half way point. Looking forward to seeing the updates you are sharing. See you on the call Friday!
This has been a great week. The Midnight Mission definitely yielded more fruits than expected. I was able to get some great footage and meet with my developer to see what we can pull off in the last minute. Hoping we can get all of our ideas into the...
WEEK 10....Prototype submissions coming up soon. Its been fun and quite the learning curve me. Loving every step. I'm behind but still pushing. On that "you just don't know what you don't know" sort of journey as our instructors in the 360 Program me...
This was one of those weeks full of things to do and a lot of work done, but nothing completed. This is why I like the blog posts because it makes you think of what you have accomplished even when there isn't a complete product to show for it.1- I st...
Hey all, As I get ready to go offline for the burn I am looking forward to taking some time out. There are so many ups and downs to this process, all are exhausting, both the highs and the lows. I am very excited that we now have a working beta, whic...
Completed this week:solved errors of resolution with developerdecided in unity to have it only be one scene without additional loadinguploaded all videos that needed corrections in YouTubehad clean up and shared the developer of the wireframe of the ...
Looking forward to seeing how you are doing in the last three weeks!
This has been a pretty productive week. Met up with some Launchpadders at Upload LA and learned a few new tricks in Unity. Definitely might have to add them to my project. Their projects seemed so complete it was a little intimidating.I was able to f...
WEEK 9 Still cranking....my biggest challenge has been developing all my assets and then figuring out the Functionality in a 360 Cinematography captured and VR Experience hybrid using CG interactivity. Primarily not having much experience with Unity ...
This week I worked on pairing 360 video with ambisonic audio. I recorded my audio with the Zoom H2N, edited on Premiere and exported audio and video separately, to be combined later. Since my prototype is conversation driven, I believe the use of amb...
Last week was mostly traveling for work, and this week my family rented an RV and is in Oregon waiting to see this amazing eclipse tomorrow. It feels like this project is nearing the make-or-break moment, as the animation has gotten painfully complex...
Two arm Human with Live Planet 360 degree cameraWe are one step closer to building a VR controllable humanoid robot designed to perform labor on Earth and in space. Human™ is a unsophisticated robot - remotely controlled using three parts (a VR heads...
This week we will have another Friday Office Hours - hope to see you there!
Completed this week:film reenactment of trauma situation and was the final shootuploaded most of 360 film onto YouTube other than ones needing editinghad set up mock scene to show progressFilm my last scene of reenactment of trauma situation. I had o...