DRAWER CITY (2018,5)
AUGMENTED REALITY PROJECT
Drawer City (2018.5) is an augmented reality installation. It is a 3D city in the drawer. I drew much inspiration from the confined spaces (drawers and cabinets) which is like a closed world. Augmented reality seems to be the key to open the door of the virtual world. For the interactive part of this installation, the participant can use their mobile devices to scan the drawer. When the participant opens the drawer, the image target shows up and at the same time, a 3D city will display in their mobile device.
MAYA and Unity were both used to finish this project. Firstly, I set up a 3D model in MAYA with some textures and animations added to make it feel like a motion graphic style. Secondly, I imported the files exported from MAYA into Unity and added shaders and materials. For the physical part, I bought a wooden desk organizer with three drawers and put a wall paper inside of the drawer as an image target.
