Using Augmented Reality to deepen the way you engage with your emotions.
This is an AR feature added to the Mixed Emotions card deck created by Petra Martin illustrated by Kris Wiltse.
Project Overview
Use AR to reveal an aspect of what is particularly meaningful and/or essential to you in terms of design/creativity/expression.
Duration: 2 weeks, completed September 2024
Role: Creative Technologist, Designer, Developer
Tools: Unity, C#, Quill VR, Storyboarding
Focus: Mindfulness Storytelling, AR Design, and Technical Implementation in Unity
Context: Audited CCA Grad class “XR: Immersive Experiences and Scripted Spaces”
Conceptualization
When I design experiences with technology, I'm intentional about defining the role technology plays in the experience. I want the technology to deepen a user's experience with the story being told. I also strive to write the story to be emotionally moving, promiting positive social change. These design objectives are fundamental to my creative process. To demonstrate that, I took a card deck I've personally used to process my emotions and experimented with Augmented Reality to deepen my experience with each emotion card.
Product image from Mixed Emotions
www.mixed-emotions.com
Design & Development Process
Storyboard
Using Quill VR by Smoothstep, I drew and animated in 3D space. Then I imported the models and animations into Unity.
Quill demo coming soonAR Developement in Unity
I used the Vuforia Unity Plugin to integrate augmented reality capabilities into my Unity application. It allowed me to track and augment real-world 2D images such as a card.
Final Experience
Users can create an abstract art piece with each of their emotions- scanning a card and then removing it to place the 3D art anywhere in 3D space.
When done, users scan the "Breathe" card to sit with all of their emotions and acknowledge the prescence and importance of each one existing together.
