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"Discover the Depths of Regret: An Immersive VR Journey of Reflection"
Unity 3D Game Design
Oculus VR
3D Modeling
Overview
The VR experience is designed to guide participants through a series of immersive interactions and stories that evoke specific emotions associated with regrets, such as anger, sadness, or remorse. Each object that participants collect in the virtual environment is connected to a unique story about regret. By listening to these stories and engaging with the virtual surroundings, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own emotions and choices in relation to regrets.
Timeline
Jay - May, 2023 4 months
Tools
Zbrush, Blender, Substance Painter, Unity 3D, Qculus Quest 2
Roles
Ideation, Visual Desin, 3D Modeling, Game Design, VR Experience Design
Team Size
1
Ideation
Mind Map
General User Scenario
The immersive virtual reality (VR) experience developed for this study comprises three levels (Figure ), each focused on a different emotion related to regret.
Moodboard
Design Process
World Building Process
World prototypes
I drew inspiration from architectural staircases to construct the mountain in conjunction with the metaphor of ascending a mountain, the following are the two major mountain prototypes I create for user testing.
Final World Map
After user testing, I settled with version two Spiral Mountain as the final world map, which turned out to be more intuitive for participants to explore and provide the participant with the feeling of overcoming the mountain of regret.
Game Elements Design
Making the Unique Plants
Plants Inspiration & Moodboard
When designing the worldview and scenarios for my project, I was particularly drawn to a unique organism: the fungus. Fungi and human regret emotions share significant similarities. Fungi exhibit a wide range of shapes, sizes, and colors, with some being both attractive and toxic. Similarly, regret emotions vary among individuals, with some being toxic to their well-being. However, like toxic fungi, regretful emotions can be transformed into positive outcomes when handled properly. With the right approach, regret can be harnessed as a catalyst for personal growth and development.
Fungus model sketches
Major Fungus Models for the Fantasy World
Regret World Creatures Design
Unity Development Process
Developed the Landscape
Used Blender and Zbrush to create the landscape model of a three-level spiral mountain based on the previous prototypes and user testing results.
Adding Visual Effects
Created shader using substance painter and shader graph in unity for different models in the scene. Adding post-processing volume, post-processing volume for different levels of the regret mountain to match each level's scene and concept. Adding atmospheric effects to each story's station.
Unity Shader & Substance Painter
Post-Processing Volume & Atmospheric Effect
Conducted visual testing to determine the appropriate atmospheric effects that evoke feelings of anger, sadness, and remorse.
Adding Post-Processing Volume and Atmospheric effect to the Scene.
Overview of the regret mountain after adding visual effects
Interaction Design
Participants can explore various story stations, and interact with scene objects, each connected to unique memories and stories related to regret and associated emotions related to regret.
User Testing
For Our Final showcasing Event happened off-line in New York City, our team created the AR try-on for everyone to experience putting our digital garments on and get photoprints to bring it home.
Regret World Gallery
For Our Final showcasing Event happened off-line in New York City, our team created the AR try-on for everyone to experience putting our digital garments on and get photoprints to bring it home.
