Last week we showed CAVE to the Disney StudioLAB in Burbank, California. It was a hit, and it was thrilling to see how enthusiastic the Disney team was about our special little project. StudioLAB is located in the old animation building at Disney, ground zero for where many classic films were created going back to …
Illustration by Kris Layng depicting the augmented reality classroom of the future, as envisioned by the Future Reality Lab. These middle school kids are studying cell cycles, collaborating by interacting with floating 3D objects that seem to be emanating from blocks below. The room is bright and sunny and they are having a wonderful time, …
My favorite spooky poem of all time, which makes my imagination go wild. Enjoy! “The Haunted Palace” By Edgar Allen Poe In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace—reared its head. In the monarch Thought’s dominion, It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over …
At SIGGRAPH 2018, the president of Maxon Cinema 4D saw CAVE and was blown away by it. He was also thrilled to hear that C4D was used by Eric Chang and I to do CAVE’s particle effects and concept art. Since then, Maxon has been very interested in what we’re doing at the lab and …
Before I began my residency at the FRL lab, I was the concept illustrator and assistant art director on a new Netflix series, MANIAC, which premiered last Friday. I worked closely with the director, Cary Fukunaga, and production designer, Alex DiGerlando, to imagine and conceive the sets of this sci-fi black comedy. Here’s the trailer …
I’ve just spent 3 days at the Future Port Prague Festival, where I gave a talk about CAVE. The response here was fantastic, and the city is enchantingly beautiful! I’ve met many amazing people here and have had inspiring conversations about the future of technology. Everyone agrees that shared mixed reality is the way to …
Tonight I saw a 70mm print of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, VERTIGO, at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. Although it’s my tenth time seeing the film, this was my first time seeing it projected on film with an audience. And boy was it good. I could talk about VERTIGO for hours, but I’d rather talk …
Happy opening, Future Reality Lab! SIGGRAPH 2018 has arrived! In 20 hours CAVE will premiere, introducing to the world a new kind of theater experience never seen before. Thank you to my amazing, badass crew for your hard work and tireless commitment to CAVE. Your passion for the project has been an inspiration, and you’ve …
CAVE’s music is based on “Bellman’s Lullaby” by Swedish composer and poet, Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795). Bellman is a central figure in Scandinavian literature and music, and has been compared to Mozart and Shakespeare for his influence. I discovered the lullaby while searching for a temp track for the opening of the show, when Ayara’s …
For the past few months, Dan Lazar, a cinematographer and recent grad of NYU Film School, has been working on crafting a 2D movie version of CAVE using Unity and Cinemachine. Dan uses wide shots, close ups, tracking and dolly shots, developed over 100s of years of cinemas history, to tell the story of CAVE …
