Galaxy’s Least Wanted
The Interstellar Live VR/Mixed Reality Podcast
in Development
I am currently creative lead on an innovative Live streaming motion captured and VR/Mixed Reality show I conceived, set on board a spaceship in outer space, hosted by two alien space pirates.
The show will involve stylized visuals, conversations with an AI-powered robot companion, and we will take incoming “distress calls” from viewers, where humorous feedback and “advice” from the perspective of extra terrestrial criminals is given. Action and narrative elements are planned to spice up the experience.
This is early in development but well under way. Check below for some behind-the-scenes looks at some of the character designs and concept art.
Showcasing modular costume parts and the painterly lighting effects.
Updated character rig in Blender.
Model of a rigged firearm prop
Various texture maps used to create the end result.
Optimized UV mapping on one grid for performance in real-time motion capture.
showcasing of consistent texel density.
I designed this older iteration of a character as one of the two space pirate alien hosts of the Galaxy's Least Wanted live stream motion capture VR/Mixed Reality Podcast Experience. This is the character I will be controlling and providing the personality for.
Older iteration of a character, fully rigged for facial tracking.
I designed this older iteration of a character as one of the two space pirate alien hosts of the Galaxy's Least Wanted live stream motion capture VR/Mixed Reality Podcast Experience. This is the character I will be controlling and providing the personality for.
Untextured to show modeling detail on an older character iteration. Low poly and highly performant with proper topology.
Early draft of a character as one of the two space pirate alien hosts of the Galaxy's Least Wanted live stream motion capture VR/Mixed Reality Podcast Experience. This is the character Nick Markart will be controlling and providing the personality for.
Early draft of a character as one of the two space pirate alien hosts of the Galaxy's Least Wanted live stream motion capture VR/Mixed Reality Podcast Experience. This is the character Nick Markart will be controlling and providing the personality for.
Example alternate lighting on an older character iteration.
The texturing detail was hand-painted, the text uses an alien typeface I designed. It reads: "Viva La Grease" (The character will have an alias, "Greasy Goblin").
I designed this older iteration of a character as one of the two space pirate alien hosts of the Galaxy's Least Wanted live stream motion capture VR/Mixed Reality Podcast Experience. This is the character I will be controlling and providing the personality for.
example of hand-painted normals in object space (to be baked into tangent space)
example of hand-painted normals in object space (to be baked into tangent space)
example of hand-painted normals in object space (to be baked into tangent space)
example of hand-painted normals in object space (to be baked into tangent space)
example of hand-painted normals in object space (to be baked into tangent space)
I had to paint normal textures in object space to achieve the hand-painted look, and later baked the object space normals to tangent space in order for the effect to work on a mesh that deforms.
Demo of hand-painted look using hand-painted normals.
Wireframe view
Examples of facial motion capture rig data, compatible with Apple’s ARKIT SDK and Meta’s Movement SDK.