Steminist Gallery
SPRING 2022, 48 Hours to Complete
Team Members | Erica Del hagen, and Ines Said
Roles | Level Design and Technical Art
Programs Utilized | Unity 2021.1.15f1, HD Rendering Pipeline, XR Interaction Toolkit, VFX Graph, Shader Graph
What do you think of when you hear the word "Inventor?"
Around the world, women have greatly contributed to many amazing inventions. Yet, many of us still find it hard to name a single woman inventor. We created STEMinist Gallery, a virtual reality experience honoring women inventors.
I had the amazing opportunity to create this small project with Ines Said, a Software Engineer at UF Digital Worlds Institute in honor of Women's History Month.
Around the world, women have greatly contributed to many amazing inventions. Yet, many of us still find it hard to name a single woman inventor. We created STEMinist Gallery, a virtual reality experience honoring women inventors.
I had the amazing opportunity to create this small project with Ines Said, a Software Engineer at UF Digital Worlds Institute in honor of Women's History Month.
Pixel Weather | VR HDRP
FALL 2021, 72 Hours to Complete
Roles | Level Design and Technical Art
Programs Utilized | Unity 2020.3.17f1, HD Rendering Pipeline, XR Interaction Toolkit, VFX Graph, Shader Graph, Adobe Substance Stager
Assets Utilized | Sherman Waffle Studios, JapaneseCity Modular Pack and Craft Studios, HDRP Nature/Foliage
VR offers users the ability to travel to new places and times through the universe. PIXEL WEATHER tests the limit of the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) and its ability to deliver HIGH DISPLAY FIDELITY through advanced graphics and special effects. By implementing the use of Unity’s VFX and Shader Graphs, the user experiences what it would be like to walk the streets of Japan through different seasons and weather conditions. IMMERSION being the key influence of the experience, vividness of the surroundings holds the most significance to stimulating the player’s sensory receptors. The player is able to move throughout each environment freely, testing the extent of PRESENCE. However, while maintaining high PLACE ILLUSION, each scene forms a visual boundary that deters the player from venturing too far from the initiation point.
HDRP Project Settings
HDRP Quality Setting | Ultra
SUN
Directional Lighting | Mixed/Baked Indirect (Bake For Best FPS)
Shadows Resolution | Ultra
Disable Contact Shadows (Doesn’t Work in VR)
SKY & FOG VOLUMES
Visual-Environment | HDRI Sky - Dynamic
Fog & Volumetric Fog Enabled
Fog Attenuation Distance (Winter 20, Summer 50, Spring 150)
POST PROCESSING & VOLUMES
Tone Mapping | ACES
Ambient Occlusion | Lift, Gamma, Gain | Bloom
Global Volume | Different for Each Scene and Lighting Condition
Snow VFX
Snow VFX Graph
Rain VFX
Rain VFX Graph
Water Shader and Animated Leaves
Water Shader Graph
Snow Covered Road Shader Graph