Pamplin AR

I was a research assistant on this project as a 3D Artist. My role was to help modify and streamline some of the existing 3D models and to help create new ones where needed. For the trench portion of the project, I condensed texture files and remodeled select assets in Maya to make the models load and overall run smoothly in Unity. I also created 4 new assets for the kitchen experience: a broom, firepit, pot, and cookbook.

Brief project description:
An interdisciplinary team at Virginia Tech was awarded a previous $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to begin developing an AR experience for Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, VA. The goal of the grant is to allow visitors to experience the history of the Civil War and the lives of African American peoples during that time through an Augmented Reality (AR) experience. The team was awarded an additonal $98,500 to further develop the prototype. See the Virginia Tech News article for more information.
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Products I used: Maya, Substance Painter, Blender, and Luma Ai (Gaussian Splat/Lidar)