Jan. 2024 | Arizona State University | Class Assignment, Graduate Second Year
Group Project | Supervisor : Sven Ortel
Project Statement
"Operation Luna" is an immersive experience that aimed to take our audiences to the future of Earth in 2073, when the planet is no longer livable and humans are forced to explore the possibility of colonizing other celestial bodies. As civilian astronauts, the audiences will take on a mission of documenting the construction of the moon colony.
The experience involved a departure from Earth, a journey through space to the Moon, an experience of the transformative Overview Effect, and a glimpse of a partially developed lunar outpost.
Beyond the experience itself, we wish to inspire people's reflections on the future of human civilization, and build a stronger bond and appreciation between people and our home planet, Earth.
Experience Sequences
To create a fully immersive experience, participants will first be gathered in a Briefing room, surrounded by posters that set the tone of the futuristic world for a pre-experience session. Boarding passes were handed out, and the participant "civilian astronauts" were escorted to the Enhanced Immersion Studio for the rest of the experience.
The experience began with announcements in multiple languages from countries with strong space programs. As participants got comfortable in the space, the immersive content was displayed on surrounding screens. Two crew members in the room served as guides and narrators for various dialogues in the experience.
Afterward, participants reflected on the future of human civilization before heading to a Debriefing room. In that room, participants scanned a QR code leading to a survey to express their thoughts and feelings about the experience.
Briefing Room
Enhanced Immersion Studio
Experience Walkthrough
Title Screen
In Experience
End Screen
Pre-Experience Session - Mission Briefing
The Main Experience
360° Video
Stage Props
ID Card for crew members
The design were Printed on vinyl than layered over laser cut polystyrene sheets.
ID Card designs
ID Card front
ID Card back
Logo design options for Global Space Construction Company
Boarding Pass
The boarding pass will be handed to audiences in the briefing room before the experience starts. The participants can scan the QR Code on the pass to access the survey once the experience is over.
Posters & Screen Graphics for Briefing Room
The posters are posted around the briefing room to create the environment that allows the audiences to get immerse into the scenario we created more easily.
The images used in the posters are either AI generated or from NASA image database.
Stickers
The souvenirs we prepared for our participants. Designed to look like the name tag for the civilian astronauts.
Experience Content
Title Screen & End Screen
Environments
Launch Site, Flight to Moon, and Landing Site
Space Ship Interior
Equipment & Software
All the environment and animation are created in Unreal Engine 5.3, rendered into 8K Equirectangular Video sequences and converted into the HAP format using Adobe Media Encoder.
Projection and transitions of audio and visual content on a 300-degree screens are programmed in Disguise.
The Screens & The Disguise Server
Projection Mapping in Disguise
Roles and Responsibilities
In this project, I'm responsible for:
- Creating and finding 3D assets such as the space ship.
- Designing all the Graphic element for the project.
- Producing physical props for team members and the audiences.
- Creating and finding the Audio assets for the project.
- Assist the creation of video content in Unreal Engine
- Program the first projection prototype in Disguise.
- Acted as Mission Operator and narrated dialog that accompanied the show, and were also ready to assist the participants should anything arise.
Team Collaboration:
Collaborating with Caivin, Gbemileke, and Veronica, we executed the project seamlessly:
Collaborating with Caivin, Gbemileke, and Veronica, we executed the project seamlessly:
- Calvin J Stanley is the project leader. He is in charge of building the environment and rendering the video in Unreal Engine, program the final version of prototype in Disguise, acted as Briefing Agent during the experience, and managing the process of the show.
- Gbemileke Anthony refined the narrative. and acted as the Mission Operator along with me in the space.
- Veronica Mangu handled stage lighting and assisted with audience management.
