Get ready for many more pun-laden post titles as a new project begins.

‘Virtual Environments’ sounds like a lot of fun, using the CAVE 3D projector and imagining different ways to use the 3D landscape while trying to incorporate user interaction into the mix too.

I wanted to use sound in my design so I was thinking about ways to make that sound interactive as opposed to just have it louder or quieter depending on where you are within the scene. After a few initial concepts have been discussed, I am going to pursue a cube related theme whereby the user will be in control of a small character who runs and jumps across cubes within a 3D field. When it runs over a surface it lights up and plays a sound.

The options to consider are whether that sound is an instrument, a loop of one instrument or a loop of many. I have also been thinking about using single words so that the user is able to create phrases and sentences or if each surface plays a clip from a speech.

All these things have to be decided on so while I am thinking about those I’m using my new found 3DS Max skills and creating some basic prototypes and visual concepts to help me decided on the scene the cubes will be set / arranged in.

Here are some images of today’s work:

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