Inspiration
With the increase of mental health issues amongst the youth, and social media taking prevalence in daily life, we asked ourselves several questions. How can AR be utilized to be a helpful tool for mental health? How can we merge technology with mindfulness and relaxation? We were fascinated by the concept of being able to transport people to a peaceful and tranquil environment, regardless of their physical location. So our goal was to have people step into a virtual Zen garden that had meditative activities.
Process
We went to the drawing board of what main meditation activities we wanted to include. From there, style frames were created along with the lens flow to guide the 2D artists, 3D artists, and developers on how this lens should look and function. The team created the respective assets, and ultimately passed the final assets over to one main developer to consolidate.
Learnings
- How to apply physics body and colliders to 3D objects to create rock stacking simulation
- Optimizing and consolidating for 3D objects/3D animations/textures/light/shadow
- Collaborating with teammates with different skillsets
Challenges we ran into
- Synchronization: This required programming of the particle systems and testing to ensure that the fountain followed the correct breathing patterns to promote relaxation
- Realism: To create an immersive experience, it was important to ensure that the fountain was realistic and visually appealing. Working with water in the virtual world can be challenging in this aspect.
- Performance: The AR experience needed to be optimized to run seamlessly on mobile devices. Testing and optimization was crucial to achieve this
Built With
- 3d
- animation
- api
- collider
- javascript
- mesh
- model
- physics
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