Independent Learning Post By Katie Conti VR Storytelling Spring 2018 Audio editing was one of the most challenging aspects of my final project, a 360° video experience of Own The Dome. Although I once messed around in Garage Band during a two-week DJ phase in high school, I largely have next to no experience editing sound for videos I have produced. All projects in the past were soundtracked by one single audio file or by voiceovers that had been recorded in a quiet room/recording studio. Going into the project,...
Own the Dome: Syracuse University Admitted Student Experience By Katie Conti, NEW 400 (VR Storytelling) Spring 2018 Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/gn35RwJzQAY I'm unsure if WordPress will support my VR embed, but I figure I would at least try. ---- What a semester it has been. I came into this course fascinated by the potential that VR storytelling has to impact my future career in international communications, and now I'm thinking: how can I get my future career in VR to also include international relations?! I've dealt with a learning curve, that's one...
Assignment 8 - By Katie Conti Here is my Trnio scan of my Red Rainboot... and a lot of carpet. It's been uploaded to Sketchfab. I seriously struggled with the Trnio App. Both its post-capture upload/render and crop function were challenging. The upload/render process took me forever and often could not even completely re-load. I had to redo my scan 6 times, and it still did not turn out as well as I had hoped. The preview function had similar loading issues, which I think may have been due to...
Assignments 5 and 6 – Katie Conti
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Assignments 5 and 6 - by Katie Conti Animated Unity Castle World (Youtube): This project brought about a major learning curve for me. I had never used this kind of programming/gaming engine before, and honestly, I'm not even much of a gamer myself. When I found a plethora of medieval assets from the Unity store, Mixamo figures, and TurboSquid I decided to recall my middle school fascination with medieval times and folkloric legends. My story was this: You are teleported back in time, where you find yourself outside the walls...
Katie Conti – VR Presentation (VR for Tourism)
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By Katie Conti, VR Storytelling Spring 2018 This presentation covers my experience in VR for Tourism at the 2015 World's Fair (EXPO Milano 2015), highlights work from a leading company that creates VR Experiences for Tourism Industry, and briefly discusses benefits and what's next in this realm. Link to Google Slides Presentation List of sources available on the final slide of the presentation. Links to content: 360 Virtual Tour of the Slovakia Pavilion: http://www.virtual.expo2015.org/slovakia/ South African Tourism Board (by Visualise) - “South Africa: A 5-Minute Holiday” Financial Times “Passport...
Assignment 4 – Katie Conti
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Unity Scene: The Beach at the Pink Lake By Katie Conti - NEW 400 My first impression of Unity: this platform is MAGICAL. I'm thrilled to have the chance to create a world such as this, and experience it in 3D. Back in the day, I was a pretty big fan of Zoo Tycoon and other "make your own world" type of PC games, however, I definitely felt a bit of a learning curve when starting this project. I started by downloading several asset packages from the store that is...
Assignment 3 – Katie Conti
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Assignment 3 – Katie Conti Within the group consisting of Max Nelson, Rachel Roth, and myself, I served as the Producer, idea generator, location scout, camera operator, and assistant editor for text and graphics. Max was the main editor and sound designer, in addition to supporting set up + execution of day 2 of the shoot. Rachel was the technical lead for the filming of the video, worked with me to set up locations and refine the concept, and served as the main scriptwriter for audio commentary. We were thrilled...