Heroes: The Making of an Interactive, Mixed-Reality Duet
Heroes is multidimensional experience that guides the audience and participants through the emotionality of dance set to an iconic David Bowie song. This panel discussion illuminates the process of creating this extraordinary experience and the intricacies of creating a live-action performance with world-class visual effects incorporated into a Unity-driven experience for Gear VR and HoloLens.
Shown at Sundance 2017, Siggraph 2017
Gear VR experience available on Oculus store.
Press on HEROES includes: Documentary, TechCrunch, The Verge, Refinery29, LA Times, Wareable
Credits
In Partnership
MAP Design Lab, MPC VR, Helios Dance Theater
Producer
Eric Adrian Marshall
Sound
Joey Verbeke
Producer - VR, Bangalore
Deepanjali Singh
VR/VFX
Jim Spratling, Benjamin Conner, Hector Cabrera
Prep
Shaik Abdul Adil
Creative Director, Principal at MAP Lab
Melissa Painter
Choreographer
Laura Gorenstein Miller
Technologist
Quin Kennedy
Coordinator - VR
Stephanie Espinetti
Intern – VR
Nathan Meyer
Asset
Anbarasu E, Gopika Priya, Jayadeep Chandran, Kunal Sarka
MPC Head of VR & Immersive Content
Tim Dillon
Cast
Stephanie Maxim, Chris Stanley, Melissa Sandvig
VFX Supervisor - VR
Jason Schugardt
VR Developers
AJ Campbell, Jeremy Hart, Kelvin Huynh
2D Supervisor, Bangalore
David Rouxel
Roto
Arulanandhan, Sudheesh TV, Karthi G, Sangeetha G, Bruno Roosewelt, Sreejimol CP, Shyam Babu, Likin Ganapathy CP, Rajesh Kumar
Creative Technologist, MAP Design Lab
Thomas Wester
Camera
Csilla Kozma, Shawn Dufraine, Jeff Samuelson
Producer - VR
Carly Wilson
Design
Dimitri Reuse, Kris Fortin, Casey McIntyre, Jonathan Ficcadenti
3D Supervisor, Bangalore
Nishanth Shrinivasa
With The Support Of
Unity Technologies, Oculus, Nokia Ozo, The Theater at Ace Hotel, House of Moves, AMD Radeon, HP
// 2017
// 3D Silouettes
// Shader Development
// Unity Integration
