World of Hiroshige

Synopsis

Step into the beautiful woodblocks and paintings of the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige.

This immersive virtual reality experience invites the participant to become part of the serene and atmospheric world of Hiroshige’s delicate and moving artworks. But more than just being a passive viewer, the player can interact with the people, animations and objects one knows from Hiroshige’s works.

This project offers a much deeper experience and interaction with the artist’s work and the Ukiyo-e genre of Japanese art.

Meet The Team

As the collaborative group project from the Master of Animation and Visualisation students at the UTS Animal Logic Academy, the immersive virtual reality experience  'World of Hiroshige' has been developed from the story idea, through all stages of production by the student group under the guidance of the team of Leads who direct and supervise the development and production of the project.

Digital Artists – Alexandra Moulard, Chelsea Hocroft, Christopher Huang, Cihan Kenar, Claire (Wenhui) Guo, Gareth Sealy, Heath Tyler, Hernan Luzardo, Jacob (Yuechen) Du, Jason Capili, Jessica Gu, Jiacheng Wang, Kaveh Abdollahi, Lauren Bartie, Levi Trappel, Louis Green, Mareena Iqbal, Mathew Godfrey, Matt Jevris Fajardo, Max Mitchell, Moses Benhardi The, Nathan Barrett, Paul Agape Marundan, Phoebe (Xuan) Li, Rajitha Naranpanawa, Ran Xie, Ray (Junhua) Long, Rey La Torre, Robbie Beresford, Robert (Xiaoping) Wang, Rosa (Biyun) Ling, Samantha Ma, Sean Simon, Semisi Lotulelei, Sherry (Xinyu) Deng, Sol Cutrera, Tim Morrow, Victor Shergill, Vuong My Trinh, Will Terry

Producers – Eva Ly, Mareena Iqbal

Editor – Ran Xie

Sound – Ashley Lo Monaco, Chelsea Marcelline, Etchekaia Austin, Grace Newman, Isaac Burton

Writers – Animal Logic Academy Students 2020

Technology Used

Hardware - Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Nvidia RTX2080 or greater

Software - Houdini, Maya, Substance Painter + Designer, Unity Game Engine, Zbrush

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