Week 2 : CVR

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Secondary Research : The VR Aesthetic

As established this VR experience will focus on the level design to convey the feeling of dreamlike. To me it would make sense for the garden to be set in spring/summer where plants and animals are lively, and I think the aesthetics of the VR has a sublime to it so having elements of handcrafted like paintings from the romantic sublime genre from the likes of Monte’s Water lilies. It would be interesting to mix the traditional medium of paints and oil colours in the 3D digital and if that painterly mark making can translate.

Water Lilies, 1916 by Claude Monet

Other things that help with the visuals in terms of 3D modelling and animation would be the book to move adaption of ‘the secret garden’(2019), where the plants are characters themselves growing, swaying and interacting with the characters crating something sublime. Which is why I have decided not to have characters instead the garden is it’s own character, If my abilities allow me to I would add interactive elements to the VR.

While my aim is to create a visually pleasing experience, the addition of having a bee that’s obstructing makes me very aware that the player will intern be removed from the experience. So finding a balance where the player is able to continue the experience for long enough before the bee comes back and how big the bee is all a factor on how much the player sees the environment. (ref about VR and user experience)

Alice in Wonderland is also another film that has a magical and fantasy element to it as she explores a different world where it’s strange and a live.

An example of VR that is set in nature is Nature Treks VR, although they focus on exploring different beautiful places with animals and their style is very realistic. However, they are also made a experience where people relax and are able be calm, it was interesting seeing what elements that I could incorporate into my experience for example a mixture of realistic assets and stylised assets but make it cohesive and adding post-processing to create more dream atmosphere.