Week 5

2023 8 Feb

Modeling

This week, our focus is on modeling. I’m tasked with creating two flowers based on my design drafts.

I’ll be using C4D for modeling. We’re aiming for 100% originality and creativity, so we’re not downloading any models online.

The modeling process is really exciting, but it’s also crucial to ensure that the models align with the designers’ ideas. It’s all about bringing their vision to life accurately.

Some process of modeling:

Since my design followers is a modern and simple geometric style, the modeling process doesn’t take too much time. I’m hoping to do more modeling next time. Right now, I’m putting more focus on composition and concept development.

All modeling:

All texture

Concept development

After receiving feedback from our VR course, the course leader from VR suggested incorporating deeper concepts with critical thinking into our project, rather than solely focusing on creating future flowers.

This made me consider how to develop a more solid design concept for our project. (Although my first idea is just to do beautiful 3D artwork. )

I created a diagram illustrating the three levels of design concept in our project:

• The first stage involves AI providing keywords for us to envision what future plants might be like. We then create 3D artworks in mixed reality based on these concepts.
• The second level of thinking delves into using new technology to gain insights into the future. As 3D artists, we have the opportunity to explore our creativity. In the MR environment, users can immerse themselves and interact with the flowers.
• The third level of thinking involves allowing users to decide whether they believe in the existence of future plants. This enables us to reflect on the relationship between nature in the present and the future.

Furthermore, since this is just a small-scale project, I hope that in the future, we can utilize the data collected from user polls for further research on AI technology and psychology.

Initial Storyboard in MR

I created this photo to show how MR works in real life. We thought about making plants grow and die quickly in real-time and letting users choose how far into the future they wanted to see, like after 20, 50, or 100 years.

But after talking about it, we decided to keep things as simple as possible.

There are four stages in the MR experience:

1. Introduction: Users see the question “What will future plants look like?”
2. Reveal: Keywords show, flowers grow on the ground, and some plants will be on a table.
3. Interaction: Users can explore, touch, and watch flower animations. Some flowers are positioned low, requiring users to bend down to see them.
4. Reflection stage: Users are prompted to reflect critically through a poll, asking whether they believe the future plants predicted by AI could come true. Buttons for “Yes” and “No” are provided. As a reward for participating, we offer to send users the answer after 50 years if they leave their email address.

I spent the entire day thinking about the entire concept because I wanted it to be easy to grasp yet still have a deeper meaning. I’m glad that we all agreed on this concept and are continuing to work on it together.

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