Ealtic

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  Deer

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  Interactive Fireworks

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  Rangoli creator Menu

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  Meghnad

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  Rangoli creator

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  Menu

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  Gauri - Culture Guide

Inspiration The inspiration came from the desire to blend timeless stories with future technology, to preserve the emotional warmth of ancient Indian stories and festivals while using the immersive power of Unreal Engine and Meta Quest 3. Ealtic became our way to let people feel serenity, devotion, and presence through digital light.

What it does Ealtic is a Mixed Reality lifestyle experience that lets users explore, interact with, and learn from ancient Indian culture,directly inside their real-world environment. Users step into festival-inspired rituals, spiritual moments, and scenes reimagined for MR. With full hand tracking, they interact naturally with characters, sacred objects, and narrative elements,without controllers. One featured story reimagines a powerful moment from the Ramayana: Lord Rama stands bound by magical serpents cast by Meghnad. Darkness grows. A divine narrator calls out as Garuda, the celestial eagle, descends. The user’s mission begins: assist Garuda in freeing Lord Rama. The user doesn’t just watch the story; they help shape it. Ealtic also lets users celebrate traditional festivals inside MR. Users can launch interactive fireworks that bloom inside their real room, creating a joyful, serene celebration of Indian culture. These fireworks respond to hand gestures, color themes, and spatial placement, transforming everyday environments into digital festival spaces.

How we built it Unreal Engine 5.5 (Meta fork) Meta Interaction SDK for hand tracking, poke, grab. Passthrough MR to blend cultural scenes with the user’s room. Lightweight real-time VFX optimized for Quest performance.

Challenges we ran into Frame Stability: Achieving good FPS required simplifying shaders, reducing overdraw, and carefully profiling MR materials. Gesture-Based Narrative Flow: Timing voice lines, animation triggers, and user gestures demanded precise sequencing to ensure emotional beats landed correctly. Cultural Translation: Ensuring the essence of Ramayana moments remained respectful while still being interactively reimagined for MR.

Accomplishments that we're proud of Reimagined a Ramayana moment in MR, letting users help Garuda free Lord Rama through hand-driven interactions. Introduced the Rangoli Creator, enabling users to place traditional Rangoli patterns in MR,our first UGC (User-Generated Content) tool. Built emotional scenes using audio for living, expressive characters. Created festival moments like interactive fireworks inside passthrough environments. Maintained stable FPS on Quest 3 with real-time lighting and spatial VFX. Released the app in Early Access on the Meta Quest Store, bringing Indian culture to a global MR audience.

What we learned Presence is greater than visuals: Users feel deeply connected when they participate,lighting a Diya, creating a Rangoli, freeing Lord Rama. Color and sound guide emotion: Warm glows, sacred tones, and reverent voices communicate cultural essence better than text. Culture adapts beautifully to MR: Ancient stories, rituals, and objects take on new meaning when blended with spatial computing.

What’s next for Ealtic We aim to grow Ealtic into a living digital sanctuary, a place where ancient wisdom meets immersive design. Upcoming updates include: AI-powered real-object tracking, allowing Ealtic to recognize everyday items (lamps, books, plants, altars) and adapt experiences around them,turning the user’s home into a responsive cultural environment. More interactive stories from Indian epics and regional traditions A broader UGC toolkit for festival creation Community-driven cultural experiences Ealtic will continue evolving as a digital temple of light, learning, and cultural presence,where timeless stories find new life in Mixed Reality.

Built With

• metaquest
• mixedreality
• unreal-engine