{"id":212,"date":"2019-02-21T20:54:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T20:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2019-02-21T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:16:05","slug":"week-5-getting-a-start-on-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/week-5-getting-a-start-on-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5, Getting a start on work&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With our priorities being renewed\nfrom the previous week, we had a very long discussion with our storywriter\nabout how we were to proceed ahead with our story. As individuals who now had a\nfew weeks\u2019 worth of experience of working with AR, we had to convey core AR\nconcepts to our writer about what some common and notable practices to think\nabout while writing the core concepts of the script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Field of View is narrow, so objects cannot be too spread out of they are to interact with each other.<\/li><li>Magic Leap has an image clipping specification of around 40cm, so objects cannot get too close to the guest.<\/li><li>All world objects are treated as surfaces, so there cannot be assumptions or references made to\/about specific objects, since there is no object recognition.<\/li><li>Mesh updating is quite slow, so we should not rely on tracking real props, especially if they are moved.<\/li><li>Mesh resolution is not particularly generous, so small objects on surfaces will be treated as surface imperfections, rather than individual objects.<\/li><li>The color Black is the absence of information in pixels, so standard theatrical processes such as a black out or darkening of particular set areas is not possible. <\/li><li>Hand interactions are limited to the following gestures, and grabbing+moving objects is not fluid or recommended.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer-content-images.magicleap.com\/3yDnCBWKIUEIC4GKAYgce4\/eb732cbf430356e05dc4d9140789d42b\/Gesture_C.png\" alt=\"Gesture C\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex 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class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer-content-images.magicleap.com\/35E9bINR5Y2qC2CkQW4uS4\/9c567df51dcf08d93981b58657e73b2d\/Gesture_Fist.png\" alt=\"Gesture Fist\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer-content-images.magicleap.com\/CyMRP8KDNmS2yUQSaS8u0\/017922b9f90c9da8d1f9d78360ff1b8a\/Gesture_OK.png\" alt=\"Gesture OK\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer-content-images.magicleap.com\/1K4eHD2efeeiA88cqqCE0O\/e0a5cab156d5b5aca6d4bd4c1d23b68a\/Gesture_Pinch.png\" alt=\"Gesture Pinch\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/developer-content-images.magicleap.com\/1Q5nsWn9HOeMqKcU0MoQGA\/24b0fe1eb83c68d74424a95b16874276\/Gesture_Thumb.png\" alt=\"Gesture Thumb\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since there isn\u2019t a tech specific \u201cAR Script Template\u201d available, these previous points need to be thought of when writing for an AR specific experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some further back and forth,\nwe came upon a story that takes place during a birthday party in a ghost\nsetting. Ghosts or spirits were chosen for their smaller size and general\nsimplicity. The size helps with managing the limited field of view, as smaller\ncharacters can be presented closer to the guest. The simplicity aspect helps\nwith overall scope. Since at this point, the story is pieced together with a\nlarge amount of dialogue, simplistic body and facial features mean that we will\nhave to do a lot less rigging and animation to sync with that dialogue. In\naddition, the standard accepted movement of ghosts is via flotation, so we would\nhave to worry less about animating walking patterns and having them\nincorporated seamlessly with the rest of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limiting the time we would need to\nspend of characters means that we would have some more time for environmental\ndesign as well. Balloons, presents, puddles of champagne all could be created\nto transform the guest\u2019s \u201cordinary\u201d space into a real ghost party. This would\nadd to the immersive element of the technology. To further connect the virtual\nworld with the real, some of the set design would react physically with the\nreal world. Balloons would bump up against the ceiling, champagne flutes thrown\nagainst a real table would shatter, spilt drinks would run along real surfaces\nand react, that sort of thing. We jotted some notes down about what could be\nincorporated into the world so that we could take Scope into consideration\nlater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Birthday-Story-WB-1024x899.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Birthday-Story-WB-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Birthday-Story-WB-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Birthday-Story-WB-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Birthday-Story-WB-1600x1405.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, after a meeting\nwith our Faculty Clients, it became apparent that the existing story, one of a ghost\nparty where guests interact with ghosts to hear their stories, really didn\u2019t\nhave a powerful enough end. There just wasn\u2019t the emotional shift from start to\nthe end, and the more we discussed, it became apparent that the existing\nframework of the story and topic would not be able to be easily amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a rewrite was in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not all was lost. Our\nconversations definitely helped our writer think in a more AR environment, and\nthe use of ghost-like entities as characters will be kept. These two points\nwill allow for the next iteration to be created much more quickly and\nefficiently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With our priorities being renewed from the previous week, we had a very long discussion with our storywriter about how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}