Immersive media for language revitalization
Idioms hold deep cultural and historical messages. They often require someone intimately familiar with the language to reveal their hidden meanings, and consequently, they are the first to go when a language becomes endangered. The impetus for this project was to test how immersive media can disrupt this cycle.
Portfolio project for fulfillment of the Vancouver Film School’s VR/AR Diploma program.
A WAY WITH WORDS AR
Goal: To bring idioms from different languages to life via projection mapping and AR, guiding the user from a 2D to a 3D experience.
Timeline: May - August 2021
Role: Project Lead, Designer and Developer
Collaboration: Animation support from Cesar Nazario
Key skills gained:
Asset creation using Photoshop and Maya
Animation using Maya and Mixamo
Rendering with Arnold
Video editing using DaVinci Resolve
Projection mapping using HeavyM
AR setup using Unity MARS
