Inspired by the arrange of dioramas that Fairgrounds has, this direction poses the question; “What if you could step into them?” With a striking diorama that the user sees before the experience as the base, you step into an underwater environment that with small interaction will change to another, and another, and another, each with their own interactivity.
Channel Surfers
The Goal
To create a working prototype of an engaging interactive experience.
Using the Kinects and projector/monitor in Ringling’s Motion Design hallway,
test and develop a working motion-activated experience,
and mock up a fully realized interactive concept.
Right off the coast there is a rusted junkyard full of rusted metal, tetanus, and adventure! While here you should watch your step as you watch out for a Rube Goldberg machine of discarded scrap and lost tools.
The Junkyard
Some of the Midjourney generated art that help inspired the Junkyard diorama.
The Junkyard - AI Ideation
Various stages of production and composition testing.
The Junkyard - Production
Deep in the Gulf of Mexico there lies a crashed escape pod.
What mysteries does it hold, and can you crack open the strange vessel?
The Escape Pod
Some of the Midjourney generated art that help inspired the Escape Pod diorama.
The Escape Pod - AI Ideation
Various stages of production and composition testing.
The Escape Pod - Production
Deep in an undersea cavern is the lost city of the mermaids forgotten to all but the mermaids, you few travelers, and a few strangely smart cats. Here you can find an old, abandoned chest with untold fortune
or mishaps contained within.
The Mermaid City
Some of the Midjourney generated art that help inspired the Mermaid City diorama.
The Mermaid City - AI Ideation
Some of the Midjourney generated art that help inspired the Mermaid City diorama.
The Mermaid City - AI Ideation
Early Interactions
Inspired by a test project I had done previously I started with less clean masking to test out the interactivity.
