myProcess Blog
From... Thoughts, Ideas, Concepts, Reflections and Realisations toward the Concrete and the Tangible as I start my journey through NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Integrated Design & Media Program
virtual production week10
W10 Virtual Production / Motive / MotionBuilder - Streaming/ LiveLink / SVN / Version Control / Take Recorder Using TortoiseSVN for version control, last week we had...
virtual production week9
W9 - Final Project Research Group: Coco, Jiaxuan, Ni Ni, Olivia In furthering my research and refining the story's theme, I rewrote the introduction for another go at...
virtual production week7&8
W7&8 - Live Face/FaceIt/LiveLink Week 7: I created my character, Avaten in MakeHuman. I spent way to much time trying to figure out how to export the rigged version...
virtual production week6
W6 - Character Study I am basing my character on a drawing I made in the summer of 2020. It was during the 3rd month our mutual isolation. I starting feeling as if I...
virtual production week5&6
W5 Getting it a bit tighter... and realizing earlier mistakes.Adding Atmosphere, Water, and Objects
virtual production week4
W4 Motion Builder 2023... I was not able to retarget more than one avatar in a file. The choices for materials available in Quixel Bridge are mind blowing. You really...
virtual production : week3
W3 Avatars (Ready Player Me, Make Human, DAZ 3D) and animations (MoCap, Mixamo). I tried to make an avatar in Make Human and Daz 3D, but in the end Ready Player Me was...
virtual production : week2
W2 I guess we initiially didn't understand the Miro assignment and , it may still not be right... 3 witches fly under the moon across a trash shrewd landscape over...
virtual production : week1
Week 1: It's both surprising and a bit wistful that my journey at IDM nears an end, because I feel like there are still so many avenues in XR development to explore. ...
pre-thesis: summer edition
Summer Reflections Part I As I do not intend to present my thesis until the Spring of 2023, I will whole-heartedly take advantage of this time for more in depth...
Pre – Thesis : Week12-13
Week12-13: Pre-Thesis Introduction and Literary Review In reflecting on my process through this semester in Pre-Thesis, I see many instances where my search followed...
Pre – Thesis : Week10-11
Week10-11 As I stand here reflecting on my process, my struggles and unfolding insight, I feel the weight of my decisions. I've been going over my secondary research in...
Pre – Thesis : Week8-9
Week8-9 It's been quite some time since checking in here... but I've had to make some crucial decision in this journey. My pace in developing a road map for my thesis...
3D Cinema • Week8-VideoProject
Week8: Music Video Project - 'Wide Open' - The Chemical Brothers Matt Kane, Falguni Vyas, Ni Ni Than. Create a music video using MoCap and Unreal Engine for...
3D Cinema • Week7
Week7: This is what I have been looking forward to... working with avatars, Mocap, choreographing a story through motion and sound, and hopefully I can start to play...
Pre – Thesis : Week7
Week7 Spring Break... The break I so needed from myself and studies. But by Wednesday, I was back to my studies. Where am I now? ...Still not where I'd like to be. I...
3D Cinema • Week6
Week 6: Amazing how avatar creation has gotten so much easier... I remember trying to use Poser years back and I just gave up on that program (mostly because I...
Pre – Thesis : Week6
Week6 My focus became too narrow on one aspect of my project... I lost track of exploring the paths that led to and lead from my main keyword 'adjustment disorder'. I...
3D Cinema • Week5
Week 5: Avatars... Identity and Character Dev I am still slowly working on the BP for my Object Theater "The Nuts and Bolts of It". This weeks readings for 3D...
Pre – Thesis : Week4-5
Week 4 -5: Secondary Research... This past week, I have been both reading about research frameworks and sources, the critical thinking process, conceptual reviews, and...
3D Cinema • Week4
Week 4: Object Theater... The Nuts and Bolt of It. I ran into many problems... mostly technical because I am unfamiliar with the platform and Blueprints. What I...
3D Cinema • Week3
Week 3: Object Theater... The Nuts and Bolt of It. It's dance, it's conversation, it's play, it's movements in life. I have not decided on the music, but it will have a...
Pre – Thesis : Week3
Week 3: Take it back to the beginning! Look deep within me to find the WHY. Why am I moved and determined in helping someone take a deep breath, step back from their...
3D Cinema • Week2
Week 2: Laban Movements. Amazing how the mixture of movements can create tension, character, and emotion for inanimate objects. This week I got caught up in the Unreal...