I started by Googling what VR/AR apps were out there. Some cool ones were only VR (like Google Earth VE) so I had to narrow my search, but found some pretty fun AR apps like IKEA Place and Sky Guide. But the one that really caught my attention was Civilisations AR.
BBC did a pretty great job creating an assessable AR museum one can visit right in your own living room. Would be pretty cool to use right in the classroom for history or art classes.
The spinning globe is a pretty great orientation point. I also like how you can look inside certain artifacts like seeing the mummy inside of a sarcophagus. it’s also pretty cool all you need is a flat surface so you can place some of the objects on a bookshelf or table as if they’re right there.
I was trying to embed a shortened video that I made into this blog post, but WordPress didn’t like that so you get a generic pic lol
Aero is kind of fun, but kind of a mess. Maybe I’m just not used to working with Beta programs, but it’s usability was pretty frustrating sometimes… overall, I made it work.
First, I just looked around at the options that I was able to animate. They’re cute and the planetary stuff was rad so I wanted to do something with all that.
Initially I tried to build a massively scaled solar system. The parameters of Aero were too small for that. The program fucked up, and there’s no ability to save, so I had to start all over again. I built a smaller scale of the solar system that worked better with Aero. I would’ve loved to be able to build something where the sun was to scale… but yeee-haw.
It was pretty cool to get everything to orbit and rotate. I was going to try and do all the rotations and revolutions of the planets to be kind of realistic, but that would’ve made me insane… so I left all that out…
I made the earth have satellites, a Hubble, and the moon rotate around it when tapped. The Sun and the planets would rotate at the start.
For the card part, the largest holiday surrounding space was the aptly named Space Day (thanks Lockheed Martin lol). So I went with that. It would be great if Adobe had a Text option that could be animated. The individual letters were a little annoying because they aren’t all the same size (e.g. the A’s were smaller and the P’s were larger than other letters I used). I just had the text animate when the Sun is tapped.
I threw in a scared little astronaut to wander the cold, dark vastness of space by himself and a shuttle that drives right past him to show that the void of space is merciless. Lol jk, but I think it worked with the card idea.
I didn’t see a way to change the background, otherwise I would’ve tried to do a starry sky or something. But it was an… interesting… experience overall. Party.
I’m in the graphic design program… but as a cinephile, I’d probably feel more at home learning about the cinema. I used to take classes in screenwriting back when I lived in SF. Took some other film classes as well and made some shorts for them. Cinematography and editing are the language of the cinema so I’ve great interest in those especially.
At some point, it’d be great to be apart of some film production or even be a producer of some sort. If I had my way, I’d write and direct within a co-op crew of people (a small group of people with similar visions and the ability to play to each others’ strengths) to create films together. Bringing different perspectives and all of their resources (all different kinds) into play to ensure work gets produced and released. Perhaps it’s the old bohemian in me, but I think it would be possible. I’m the right time and place, people are capable of anything.
Going into graphic design, my main goal would be to collaborate with Criterion Collection to create artwork for their releases. Or even to create posters for newly released movies. Both would be passion projects. It would be great to also collaborate with local production companies to see what can be done in that realm, as well. Pretty much anything film related would be at the very least interesting to be involved with.
Unfortunately I don’t really get the chance to actually interact with the visual design students. We don’t usually have much time to socialize in class or after. I wear some cinephiliac shirts sometimes that the film students comment on, but that’s usually the extent. Someone suggested we open the blog posts to a more open forum that would allow all of us to see them and interact with each other in that forum.
I’m sure there will be a time I might be able to collaborate with the visual media film students. I’m sure that we could all learn a lot from each other. I’m sure some opportunities could come about. I’m sure we could have a damned good time doing it, too. We shall see.
I ended up using the animated logo I made for the After Effects module I had before this module.
It’s a logo for a made up co-op film production studio. The poster I made with the celluloid film strip in the middle has the words “See the world you want to see”… a kind of nod to creating the socialist utopia you want to see through cinema via the production company and its films.
I had the video and the poster at different sizes and a frame rate of 30. It was glitchy AF so I went back and changed the size of the logo animation to the 8.5×11 size and a frame rate of 25. Still ended up glitchy but better lol… not sure if it’s the app or the elements I used, but it seemed my elements would be fine from some of the examples we saw in class… idk
I wasn’t always a captain, I used to be a manager in my last job. An associate manager of hunger relief in a non-profit.
Taking ownership of decisions and consequences was a daily value. I don’t usually make many mistakes, but once I didn’t place the produce order in time. Problem-solving is a skill I’ve acquired and it wasn’t a difficult problem to solve. We packaged comparable items that ended up lowering our cost. As long as it’s a one-off mistake and you learn from it, it’s merely a lesson.
Having backbone to disagree (and commit) is also a knack I’ve developed. I had to repeatedly argue and make a case to not have production on Saturdays to the director and head chef; it would save us money and give the staff a week-end day off, but required some moving around of production days. Eventually they saw it as a benefit and it was implemented.
I think one of the greatest attributes a person can possess is that of curiosity (and a willingness to learn). Stubbornness is a little existential death every time it is exhibited (not to be confused with boundaries) and is a slow destroyer of relationships. As a manager, I was always curious to learn more of what the staff needed or what would make the workplace a better place to work. I was also looking forward to learning on the job and helping others learn. I once spearheaded an affinity group so queer people could advocate for ourselves but also learn from each other’s experiences.
I suppose the larger scale (to bring broad responsibility) would be the most intimidating, because it’s been awhile since I’ve worked in a large company and it could be like navigating a maze, but like anything else, I’d be up for the challenge if I felt like the payoff would be worth it.
