Playground
An ongoing catalog of prototypes, experiments, and explorations in XR and creative technology
Look Up: Weather Forecast in AR
Date
2022
Duration
1 week
Project Type
AR prototyping
Keywords
AR Foundation, Lightship ARDK, ARKit
Role
Ideation, Prototyping
Team
Aria Xiying Bao
Look Up is an AR prototype imagining the future of weather forecasts. It utilizes Niantic's Lightship ARDK depth estimation and occlusion capabilities to allow the user to check the upcoming weather by simply looking up to the sky.
Cosmic Sampler
Date
2022
Duration
2 days
Project Type
VR prototyping
Keywords
Oculus Interaction SDK, Unity VFX
Role
Ideation, Design, Prototyping
A VR drum kit sampler paired with fireworks that celebrate every hit.
Motion Sculpture
Date
2020
Duration
4 weeks
Project Type
Digital Sculpture
Keywords
Rhino3D, Real-time Motion Capture, AR
Role
Ideation, Design, Prototyping
Exploring the memory of space through virtual sculptures of the human motion, projected back to space in augmented reality.
Crumbled Paper: Parametric Modeling
Date
2020
Duration
1 week
Project Type
Parametric Design
Keywords
Rhino3D, Grasshopper
Spatial series of points modelled in Grasshopper using parametric equations.