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14/10/2018

My contribution to my Synthetic realities group for the second assessment has been pure 3D modelling. Here is everything I modeled which is about 95% of objects in our environment.

Everything was modeled on Fusion 360 and exported as an OBJ then passed onto James and Stuart to texture and place in the environment.

Synthetic Realities Semester 2 2021: 

Assignment 2 Submission!

Carol and Samy had decided upon EB Games after viewing a few locations in the city. They wanted a public place in which they had permission to take photos for textures and measure the area during the store’s working hours. They also wanted an area which had an interesting look. We first worked together to measure out the store and to take photos. This was difficult to do as we were not allowed to disturb customers and had to work around the store’s busiest hours. Multiple visits were needed to complete all this. All the assets for the project were created by us, using Blender, Fusion 360, and Unity. The area was split off into four sections, with each member in charge of the models and textures for their own section. We helped each other out for parts where one member had the skills required to complete it. The time restraints we had were difficult to work with. We only had a few hours each day to take photos and measure the EB Games store and had to work around customers. The area behind the service desk was off limits for us, so we could not take photos or measure this area. For our photo taking process we were unaware the camera we borrowed has fish eye lenses on them. We also had to deal with the store’s lighting as we could not turn the lights off during our photo taking. These aspects made the texturing process difficult for us to do well. Initially, we had an issue with the collaboration process, as Unity only allows for three members to a project. Samy had to use a free trial to allow for all four members to work on the project.

Reference: [1] Vaanipriya Diwan (October, 2018). Synthetic Realities - EB Games Walkthrough. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/M64AsAS2EMo

Assignment 2…

Over the weekend, I spent all of my time completing my section of the EB Games store in Unity. It was taking longer than I thought, because I had created each box and each texture separately. I wanted to ensure that everything was 3D, instead of giving it a 3D look like the others had done in their sections.

Here is the rest of our progress….

Overall, I’ve had so much fun completing this assignment because I’ve learned a lot and it was looking really good when the space started filling up. I think that when we all finished and put it all together, then it looked like a very similar version of Auckland City EB Games. I am so proud of all of us. Even though we faced some issues throughout this project, we overcame our problems and designed something amazing. I think that I’d like to do something like this again when given a chance, because I would like to improve my Blender and Unity skills.

Assignment 2…

On Monday, Carol, Sheena and I went to EB games to take more pictures of the shelves and the objects. It was quite a difficult experience because we had a few problems with the camera we  had borrowed, and it wasn’t easy to photograph some parts of the store due to space and lighting issues. Sheena was taking the pictures, and she had to get into weird positions to photograph certain things. This visit to the store took us longer than we had thought so we couldn’t get many pictures, hence we needed to go back at some other time.

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On Wednesday, Sammy and I went to EB Games in the morning. Honestly, it was a good time to go because we got a lot of pictures and there were hardly any customers. We ensured that the camera was focused and taking proper pictures before we came, so it made life much easier. Sheena and Carol both went together in the afternoon to photograph their section of the store, so now that we have all the pictures and textures, all that’s left to do is put it all together in Unity.

Since I was quite busy this week with extra-curricular activities, I have booked the weekend to complete my section completely, so that we can relax on Monday and fix any other errors that occur during the last minute. 

This weekend consisted of me working on both Studio and Synthetic Realities.

Talking about Studio:

I managed to work on the visual design, and created the necessary App pages that Carol told me to complete. As well as editing some audio from the stories we recorded. I didn’t manage to finish the audio, but I have completed the visual design for the app, so that Carol can incorporate the new version into the prototype on Monday.

The app pages were based off the Wireframe that Shades had designed a while back. She first created a basic wireframe for us to follow, but he has also proposed a new version, in which the stories are divided, so the user would need to access two totally different locations and pages in order to listen to the stories and interact with the experience.

Since we are now dividing the second story in two locations, we have to follow the “Suggested Wireframe,” which means the I need to design a couple more pages, and Carol will need to add more scenes in the App, so it flows better.

Talking about Synthetic Realities:

As for SR, I did a little bit of research on de-lighting in Unity. I didn’t understand much of it, because it seemed like a difficult process, however, I soon moved on to the Blender models for EB Games. This needed to be completed by today, so I could continue texturing in Unity next week.

References: [1] https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/unity-artists/how-remove-lighting-photogrammetry-de-lighting-tool [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo96vqMqnwA [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG2gOKV9dw

Today we get our project model done, it is really nice to see how it build from a wood board. In that step, our project is nearly finish 70% but it still have a lot problems need to fix.