BeatBuddies_AR

Inspiration

To connect audiences in shared musical moments using AR.
To give artists a platform that immerses their fans in their music.
For fans to have a tangible, tactile connection with the music they love.
To create a repeatable formula that can be reiterated across multiple genres.

What it does

Beat buddies is an interactive music game that connects two participants in AR, becoming more immersive as the game progresses. Players have to synchronise their facial gestures to the beat of a track, and with each other to progress in the game. Each level uncovers a new layer of music, and a new visual element that draws the participant further into the AR scene.

The music is the driver of the game logic, participants have to interact with the beat to progress in the experience.

How we built it

We build everything in Spark! Audio was edited in Logic, and we used Maya to make the 3D models, and photoshop to render the 2D text.

Challenges we ran into

Looping multiple audio files - we had some synchronisation issues with the loops going out of phase. Eyebrow gestures weren't always effective, we had some difficulties with this feature.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We made it through the night, sort of intact. We setup a fairly complex system in a pretty simple toolkit, and have a basic version of the app working.