*Work In Progress*
This project is an interactive VR experience. We were inspired by our similar experiences of having family members who have suffered from Alzheimer's, as well as our love for storytelling and creating meaningful work. Being a 3D animation student and a VR/AR student, we decided to team up over the summer and develop our skills further while learning new ones in the process.
After reading about the statistics of Alzheimer's, we found that "someone in the US develops Alzheimer’s every 65 seconds", which showed us how great a problem the disease is- especially since there is no known cure. We knew that Virtual Reality is becoming an increasingly used method for helping people with various conditions, so we thought that we could create a project with Alzheimer's in mind. We hope that the piece could help stimulate the viewer's memory or provide as a way to help them feel peaceful, calm, and nostalgic. This sort of experience could hopefully help someone with the disease to reconnect to a memory or family member that they have forgotten.
This piece takes the viewer through an antique shop, where various objects can be interacted with while hearing fragments of someone's memories that look back on their life. The experience is set up so that the viewer would be an Alzheimer's patient, however, others could view the piece as well: to hear the viewpoint of someone with the disease and maybe come to understand it better.
Pre-Production
Moodboards & Inspiration
Initial sketches & pre-production process work
3D Assets & Textures
Stills of the Final Scene
-in progress-
Final Project Viewable in VR
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Credits & Acknowledgements
- Project created by Erin Miller & Anna Klingensmith -
- Music -
Main background music:
Music from Carousel:
Music from Gramophone:
- Sounds & F/X from Freesound & APM/OmniMusic Gallery -
- Voiceover by: -
- Research/Statistics about Alzheimer's found at https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/ -
