Final Prototype : Digital Water Lilies Floor Projection Mapping

Actual Site Setup

The actual setup takes place in the IIS room. Technical hardware needed is LIDAR, ultrashoot projector & HDMI cables.

Core Experience Video

The video below demonstrates the core experience of floor projection mapping. There are 4 main interactions for this digital installation.

1. Trigger SFX when stepping on the water lilies pad
2. Water ripples follow the user's movement
3. Gather flowers around when the user walks in a slow & calm state
4. Fish swim toward the user when users walk calmly while swimming in random directions when users walk at a fast pace




However, I have managed to demonstrate 3 interactions (highlighted) for this stage of the prototype. Further debugging and fish interaction will be carried on for the next stage. I did not show the outcome of the first interaction (trigger SFX when stepping on the water lilies pad) as I'm still exploring the SFX. However, the interaction is working but the choices of SFX are still working in progress.

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Next Plan

1. Improve the visuals of flowers
2. Animations for the flowers ( idle & closing state)
3. Fish Interactions
4. Particles to enhance the aesthetic
5. Debugging for the collider and offset
6. Animation for the disperse of the petals of water lilies when moving in fast state

Third-Party Assets

Soothing Relaxation (2017) 8 Hours of Relaxing Sleep Music • Sleeping Music, Relaxing Music, Fall Asleep Fast. Aug 25. Available at: LINK

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