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Unity, Mobile, Meshlab, Blender, Pipeline, Art, Shaders, Lookdev, Gameplay, C#
Ongoing
A physics driven mobile game where you move your ethereal body though landscapes in the sky.
A collaboration with Reyn Yeager and Sacha Lusk
Unity, Lookdev, Research, VR, VFX, Pointclouds, Blender, Meshlab
2020
An immersive classical music performance wrapped in photoscanned environments.
Work with Glowbox
Written about in OArtsWatch.
Unity, Unreal Engine, Shaders, Lighting, VFX, Gameplay, VR, C#
Ongoing
A virtual reality funhouse full of existential quandaries.
A collaboration with Veronica Graham, Julia Kim, and Sharleen Chen
About Diatribes Vertical Slice
Unity, Vue.js, Art, Animation, Lookdev, Research, Shaders, Gameplay, C#
2021
A toolkit that transforms everyday video calls into multi-dimensional, dynamic, and playful worlds.
Work with Airworks
Python, Meshlab, Meshroom, PDAL, Blender, Art, Web, Modelling, Point Clouds
2020-2021
An immersive experience that features live dance performance as volumetric video in social virtual reality space.
A collaboration with Valencia James, Thomas Wester, Simon Boas, Marin Vesely, Sandrine Malary, Carlos Johns-Davila, and Terri Ayanna Wright
Suga has been included in the Gray Area Festival, SIGGRAPH's Art Gallery, and Sundance’s New Frontiers
Unity, Hololens, Mobile, AR, VFX, UX, Research
2021
A series of UX explorations around spatial reminders for Hololens 2.
R&D with Glowbox
About AR Garden: Personal Reminders
Unity, Jobs System, Hololens, Mobile, AR, VFX, UX, Pointclouds, Research
2021
A UX exploration for Hololens 2 where users explore the ocean floor with their hands.
R&D with Glowbox
Three.js, Blender, Shaders, Lookdev, Pipeline, Art, Animation, Rigging, Javascript, Python
2021
A 3D interactive music video and installation for Undercurrent in NYC.
Work with Glowbox
About Actress: The Black (Kuroshio) Current
Unity, Meshlab, Shaders, Gameplay, 3D Scanning, Pipeline, C#
2019
A tug of war game for desktop between the player and first person controller.
About Negotiation Body (prototype)
Python, FFMPEG, PyTorch
2019
A clumsy reproduction of the The 20th Century Fox introduction video using next frame prediction with Pix2PixHD.
Python, FFMPEG, PyTorch, Unity
2020
A video piece lamenting ecological catastrophy.
A collaboration with Colin Ives, Zachary Boyt, and the New York Polyphony
Aleph Earth has been shown at Currents New Media, The Jordan Schnitzer Art Museum and written about in Operawire.
Unity, Gameplay, Shaders, C#