Last month I completed an online class with School of Motion: After Effects Kickstart. I decided to take it on a whim, since January/February is the slow season in the Event Production industry, and I had wanted to get into … Continued
Happy New Year! I hope you all had restful and fun holidays. I’m not usually in the habit of making New Year’s Resolutions, but this year my goal is to create a motion design and animation demo reel. To … Continued
The final exercise in “Designing Immersive 3D Experiences” is to take everything I’ve learned so far and use it in a design sprint. I would: Choose an idea for an AR interaction Sketch the design on a clear plastic … Continued
Chapter 12 of “Designing Immersive 3D Experiences” focuses on audio for XR, and starts with a listening exercise. I needed to close my eyes for five minutes and listen to all the sounds around me, then draw a chart … Continued
A few years ago, my local science museum had a temporary gallery allowing visitors to test interactive stations for an upcoming Pixar exhibit. One let guests move different knobs to change the placement and color of light in a model … Continued
Today’s blog post took longer than I expected to finish, and involved a bit of technical finagling. Chapter 10 focuses on using type and typography in XR, and highlights using contrasting colors, legible fonts, and responsive coding to ensure text … Continued
Chapter 9 focuses on how AR and MR applications need to account for changes in light around the user. Since they can be used in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings, the program needs a way to avoid … Continued
Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a great 2024 so far. Chapter 8 of “Designing Immersive 3D Experiences” focuses on incorporating “human factors;” knowledge of how people perceive, solve problems, and process information, into XR design. Graphic … Continued
Chapter 7 of “Designing Immersive 3D Experiences” focuses on”The UI of XR,” and the importance of making XR interactions understandable and easy to use. Virtual objects can use “microinteractions,” like a buzz, turn arrow, or moving volume control, to … Continued
The exercise for Chapter 6 involves one of my favorite activities: playing a new video game! The goal is to examine how the game’s tutorial and early stages work, and then see how accessible the game might be for … Continued