For my final, I wanted to do both a 360 video and a Unity PSA. Unfortunately, the 360 video portion fell through because every file on my computer was deleted after I deleted all of my video files, but I was able to salvage and redo my Unity project. For my Unity project, I started with just water, my FPS controller, and a boat. From there, I made a trigger that activates when you walk towards the wheel using playmaker. When you activate the trigger, audio begins to play,...
For my final project I decided to work with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center, a museum/home of a suffragette and abolitionist, to create an interactive audio tour type scene. I used photogrammetry to create objects from the museum and place them in this scene. I originally wanted to recreate speeches from the Seneca Falls convention and pair that with the footage I took from the Women's March at the beginning of the semester but am happy I was able to learn photogrammetry instead and apply it to this scene. The...
For my final project, I set out to construct my own personal Drive-In movie theatre in Unity. Two years ago, I visited a drive-in theatre about 30 mins outside Syracuse and saw the horror film, It Follows, with a couple friends. It was the first time I got to experience a film in a way I thought had went extinct. In reality, there are still a few drive-in theaters in the U.S. but the number of them has gotten very low. This project was a way for people to relive...
After talking to one of the co-chairs of the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars APDS, they mentioned they are having a Public Diplomacy Summit in 2018 in Washington DC. Since the summit is not on campus, they wanted a 360 video that would allow the participants to see the campus and experience what Public Diplomacy scholars go through on a daily basis. Syracuse University campus is a very beautiful campus with various spots to film the 360 video. I started to brainstorm with the APDS on where they often go,...
For the final project I created two different types of interactive experiences for people interested in visiting (or unable to visit) the Montauk Lighthouse, New York's first lighthouse located at the very end of the southern tip of Long Island. Montauk has been my "happy place" for a while, and so it was nice to come back and create an experience that one can use in a headset to feel like they were there - for instance, if you are disabled or are otherwise unable to make it up the...
For my final project, I did a 360 Video at the biology department in Syracuse University. I have always been curious about what the life of a scientist is since I am majoring in art. It is like a totally different world to me. Therefore, I think it is interesting to film some behind-the-scene stories in a science laboratory, and show viewers some new knowledge they usually don't get to know in daily life. I contacted Yao Xiao, one of the PhD students from the biology department, and asked for...
So with this project I aimed to show how hard it was to be an NFL QB. I wanted to make an accurate experience and while I succeed in some respects, I felt I was hindered a bit, unless I spent over 200 dollars (no animations for defenders, no facemask camera). I also felt I was held back because to put it bluntly, Unity is not a good program. Most of what I was doing was made 1000x more tedious because Unity is clunky. The movement was clunky, the controls...
Wasim’s Assignment 5: 360 degrees of tattooing
by Wasim Ahmad
- March 6
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Halo Tattoo has been a staple on Marshall Street for 20 years. Over the years, co-owner DJ Rose has had many people come by for photos and videos (send him your stuff, if that's you, he asks!) but this is the first time anyone has approached him for 360 video. One of the reasons this makes for a good (I hope) 360 video idea is the space itself. There is literally art over every inch of this place, including the ceiling. It seems from previous experience at the Women's March...
Schiff Final Unity Project
by Matthew Schiff
- December 15
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Ever since watching Stranger Things, I always wanted to visit the "upside down". Once I dipped my feet into Unity, I realized that I could make that possible. I came up with the idea that you would start out in Will's home where the christmas lights were hanging everywhere and the alphabet was painted on the wall. You would then see an avatar, preferably someone in the show, appear and they would walk you through the experience. Following the house, you would walk outside into the "upside down". You would...
Dakota Access Pipeline in Unity- Final VR Project
by Jackelyn Prager
- December 14
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For my final VR project, I wanted to recreate a timeline of the Dakota Access Pipeline situation in Unity. I am a broadcast major and this issue has not been getting a lot of news coverage until recent events and I thought that it would be different and informational to recreate difference scenes of the pipeline construction and protests to give viewers a better understanding of what the issue is and what is actually going on over there. When I began I quickly realized that I was too ambitious in...