In this week’s class, we mainly experienced the Vcam function in UE5, which is a way to use the phone to control the camera in our project and then progress the shooting. It focuses a lot on the environment, therefore it has also inspired the brief assignment I want to do for this unit.
Plugins for VP:
Livelink/ Remote Sessions/ Take Recorder/ Cirtual Camera/ VIrtual Production Utilities/ AppleAr Kit/ AppleAR facekit
Here is one of the clips our group recorded in the class:
When doing it, it’s necessary to check the IPconfig through RUN on the computer in use and type the same code into the phone app ‘Unreal Vcam’ to control it.
character rig progression: I have finished my character’s rig in maya by using Advanced Skeleton, and thinking I could import it into UE5 project as a paragon for my audience to be played with.
My new idea: due to this project being heavy in interaction and immersive world building, I am thinking of focusing on the Chinese architecture ‘Siheyuan’, which I am quite familiar with. And setting up a scene showing the Chinese New Year elements inside UE5 to allow my audience to interact with things.
Here is my reference:
Here is my draft blocking of the building built in Maya, I will be refine it in the next week:
texture file: I started my character texturing with a few changes due to the newly added Chinese elements.