These are my indented submissions, my files will not allow them to be added so I am putting them both here so that they can be easily seen.
360 Video –
AR Video –
Final Pieces
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Final 360 Video
Coming to the final video I took inspiration from videos such as nature walks to see what they consist of and how they make an impact onto the viewer. After having done my research I am ready to shoot.
Shooting / Planning
This is my chosen place of shooting, it is not too far from the university and it is a great place to go for a walk. I have picked this place mainly because of its naturistic views and small ponds. It helps present my idea of where I feel at home.
I have aimed to shoot on a sunny day where the colours and sky is visible, this is so I can get a good looking shot but it also brings out the beauty in the surrounding nature.
Shots
These are all the shots I got, there is not a lot but that is because I was able to shoot what I wanted. Although towards the end of the shoot it started to get a bit darker and began to cover the sky in grey.
This was not suitable shooting conditions but I had what I needed anyway.
Final Video – “Where I Live”
Finally this is my final piece of work, this video presents where I feel at home or “Where I Live”.
Overall what I have learnt from creating a 360 video is the skills and techniques that go with the production of filming and working on sets. What I liked about the video was that I was able to create a smooth intro that led into my walk. The audio worked as you were able to hear the background noise of the birds. The combination worked well together.
360 Degree Video Development
To begin with we were given the title of ‘Where I Live’, this is going to mainly be focused on the idea of where do you feel at home. Rather than where do you live, its where to you feel mentally or physically at home. To help start I made a mind map to have a layout on things I believe is close to my heart and that I love doing. These are going to be things I will be looking into and gathering inspiration from.
For this I want to be able to present my idea of ‘Where I Live’ by being able to immerse the viewer into this a world I want them to perceive using the GoPro Fusion 360 camera.
MoodBoard
Mind maps
With this starting mind map I have written things that when I am partaking in, I Feel at home or a place I feel like I am happy. On the right side I have put down sports and adventuring, These two are my favourites because I find that when I am playing or doing these things I feel more at peace/happy. In the sports section I have written a few but the two that stands out to me is Basketball and American Football, these two I enjoy the most because i am able to get about and be active. Compared to animals and food the sports and adventures give me the feeling of being at home due to the activities you can do.
Few Ideas
To get a better idea I have written down my areas of interest and put down what I think I will be able to do with each section. With food and animals I can think of a few ways I could implement them into the augmented reality but I feel as if it not as close to my heart compared to sports or adventuring.
Idea Comparison
After deciding that I will focus on Sports or Adventuring I made a quick list to gather some ideas on what I could include how how it could make you feel during the experience.
On the left with American football I came up with the idea of being in the position of the quarterback or another position. Although as this is going to immersive and it would be great that if I was going to take this route of turning it into a interactive experience, I could take the idea and have as if you were watching or a way to make you feel as if you are the player instead. With this It could also be accompanied by switching it around and having the view of the catcher and the ball coming towards the camera.
Similar to the idea before this would be for basketball, you would feel as you were the shooter trying to get the ball in the hoops like a game or either by having the experience of watching the game. If I were to create a interactive app it could let you play the traditional way similar to a funfair type game style where you have to get as many as you can before the timer ends or something similar.
As for the hiking idea this is one of my stronger ideas and one that feels closer to my heart. It would be an immersive hiking/walking experience.
My chosen idea
The idea that I am going to proceed with is the going on a walk/hike. This will be a immersive walking experience and it will show that this is close to my heart and where I feel like I live.
As it would be a lot harder attempting to do a
Research
For my research I have found two examples that I have gathered inspiration from. These kind of videos will be the guideline I will follow as I want this to be a calm and peaceful immersive video.
Virtual Forest Walk
I am going to take inspiration from these examples as they are similar to what I will be doing, I have take notes on how they are setting up the camera as well as how they are using it as they walk.
Woods Walk
With this video you do not really see anybody apart from the start and the main set up for that was it being planted on the ground. This allowed for a more immersive experience.
My AR Development
Coming to the development side of my work, I am going carry on with taking my idea further of creating a experience where the food you find around the kitchen and ones that you would eat every so often.
Infographics Development
After creating my first vison of the infographic I have made one for each of the foods I will show. These will be common foods that will be found in a household.
Going into aero I have imported my first designs into it so I can see how I am going to proceed. The use of this software is new to me but I am getting the hang of it as I am working through.
Changing my Design
I am having to adjust and re-design my infographic because when actually imported and used on the aero app, the text on my graphics became blurred and really pixilated. To get around this I had to re design the layout and so that the text could appear bigger, I have also made it in illustrator first and then exported it to photoshop to where I created a PNG using photoshop.
This worked, however I had a plan to make the picture of the food to stand out and use the depth tool in aero to bring it out from the background/infographic. This was to help engage the viewer but it was not possible as the way to do this was to export it the way I did before when the text was blurred.
Putting it into Practice
Final Video
bibliography:
ovos png 2
https://www.freevector.com/vector/pancake
https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/107690-hot-sauce-bottle-vector
https://www.delish.com/food-news/g23513557/never-eat-donuts-doughnuts/
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-potatoes#1
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-health-benefits-of-eggs#TOC_TITLE_HDR_9
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/7821964/are-bagels-healthy/
AR “Hidden In Plain Sight” Ideas
This set brief is called ‘Hidden In Plain Sight’ and our objective is to bring the things around us to life. Creating this has to be immersive for the viewer, enabling them to think like they are interacting with the things around them whether its there or not.
To help bring my ideas to light in am going to create a mind map so I can better understand where I am going to take this.
MoodBoard
Mindmap
Making this mind map I put down the things that I found fun or interesting and thought of ways I could use this to immerse the viewer into these activities. Starting off with food, I thought of a few ways that I could use this in AR by implementing food around the room and you have to find your favourite ones that you can find. This map is just so I can visualise what I am thinking of doing.
I think that I am going to follow the idea of having to find an object or chosen thing within the experience. Things such as animals, food and other objects that can be discovered.
Research
Ideas
Making this list I wanted to layout what each area can be possibly used in a AR situation. These are things that I have close to my heart but also activities that could immerse the viewer into a new world or game.
With animals and pets I could combine that idea with my adventuring idea by using it as a walk and find as you go. This would be a walking experience where you would need to look around your surroundings and find a certain type of animal or any animals depending what idea I would take.
On the other hand with the area of sports as an idea I could follow the similar idea of having to find the ball or team name/logo. I had an idea of using the sports idea as a game where you would use it to throw the ball or catch using the AR, this would be a hefty task I would think but its has given me the inspiration if I need it in the future.
Idea Refinement
Now I have given my self a few ideas and what guidelines I am going to try and follow I am going to refine my ideas so that I can comedown to one final idea.
Idea 1: This idea consists of two things that I thought would work well, the combination of using Animals/Pets with the activity of hiking/walking. This kind of experience would be aimed towards the people who like to go out on walks or exploring. The main idea is that when you are on walk or hike you could play this app and as you are going along on your journey you can spot and find different animals that would pop up on your screen. While doing this there could be a timer which tests the player to look around and find as many animals as they could before time runs out. I can see this appealing to children as they would be captivated by searching for animals that might be hidden or else.
The small sketch I have drawn presents what I think it could look like while you are on the app. As my drawing skills are not the best I tried to express how it could work by presenting the trees and the animals behind them.
Idea 2: As I have stated before I am going to follow the idea of having to search for the allocated objects. This idea involves the area of sports, this would include the different sports balls and equipment. Depending on how development goes I think I will try to keep the idea of a timer going down so that it can become a sort of game that people can be captured by. This kind of idea would mainly appeal to the sports fans but could be played by anyone.
Idea 3: For the last idea I wanted to include food as an idea because you see a lot of cooking games or similar ideas on the internet. This idea would consist of you finding or going up to food that you have in your kitchen. When you would go up to the foods either an information graphic will come up or something similar. Another idea for this kind of task would be to make it into a game but as I am not so familiar with Areo I will probably go for my simpler idea.
As for the guideline the title is ‘Hidden In Plain Sight’ so I have decided to somewhat follow that title by using my idea of having to find foods or to go up to foods that you would have in your kitchen and info or just a animated graphic would pop up.
Final Idea Decision
Another thought I had on my first idea was that when you are playing the app it could bring up a photo of an animal and you have to find it the exact one. This could give the game a bit more life to it as just having to look for animals could become boring after awhile.
However now that I have given some thought into my different ideas, I can say that the idea that sticks out to me the most is my food idea. The idea is to use augmented reality with household foods such as eggs, bread and other foods you would find and looking at them would bring up information or a little animation.
Target Audience
My target demographic is the people who want to know the calories they will be consuming such as athletes or the people who are aiming to get fit/healthier.
The reason I have chosen this idea and audience is because I my self are aiming to become fitter and more healthier. That is why I want to try and create a experience where you are able to track what you are eating and also what is in it.
Mock Idea Test
After finalising on what I am going to do, I decided to create a few mock up on how the outcome of my idea might look:
Creating these mock ups have given me a better insight on how I am going to proceed with this. What I started with was looking at how the overall graphic visuals would look and how would they be present during this experience.
When thinking of a way to present these food items I wanted it to be clear and be easily read, so to help put this across I chose to use a white box with blue outlining so that the text can stand out from its surroundings and also to be easily spotted. Next I wanted to present what the food is in some sort of graphic, to which I made a box that was transparent apart from the outlines. Then using that I placed an image of the foods in it single form or it as its whole form. This was so that the experience could look more flush and clean but also to add come information and make the scene less boring.
Coming to a conclusion I have chosen my food information idea over my other ideas because this one seems more viable to complete and an idea that I think would push me to learn about how aero works.
bibliography:
https://www.freevector.com/vector/pancake
https://www.ocado.com/products/warburtons-white-sliced-medium-loaf-30792011
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