The story
As one of AIS key partners who provide streaming services, we demonstrate our vision by utilizing the high speed of 4G network by combining Virtual Reality (VR) technology with media streaming service. The results was the revolution way to enjoy seamless watching experience anytime and anywhere.
My scope of service is to build a thousands of Paper VR-glasses for the AIS Vision 2015 event in less than 2 months.
| Roles & Responsibilities | Platform | Tools | Timeline |
| Research&Design Production |
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Challenge
- My inexperience making a physical product
- The lens need to be manufactured in China and shipped to Thailand for assembly with in short period of time
- Limited budget.
Concept
- We would like to send VR Glasses as an invitation cards to the guests at the event
- We want the guests to enjoy the experience of assembly the VR Glasses by themself
- It has to be lightweight and made from paper
Process and Solution
- Understand how it works and analyze similar products
- Did Lo-fi Prototyping, testing, learning, and improving
- For the VR's body, I needed to find potential partners and local vendors to help build a Hi-fi prototyping
- Sent the hi-fi prototype to get a green light from the clients
- Since the VR lens was impossible to manufacture within a given time and there is a local vendor who can help, I've contacted oversea vendors in China.
- Assembly and distribution to the client
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| Hi-fi Prototype |
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| Manual and how to assembly the glasses |
Final Product : Credit https://pantip.com/topic/33167680
One of the guess enjoy the final Product : Credit https://pantip.com/topic/33167680
Not only a physical product, I did the fake 3D space for it too.
I also had a chance to collaboration with the our development team to provide in-cinema experience as you can watch our movie from our another product, AIS Movie Store, using this VR-glasses in a virtual-cinema.
The challenge was that we did not yet have capabilities to implement 3D visual space or Metaverse-like back in 2015. So, I came up with an idea to create fake 3D space by using 'Parallax effect' (Difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight)
I used 2D objects (transparent movies seats images) and located them on the 3D space. I used several images to represents a difference depth of space (Near, middle, and Far). As a user move his or her head around, the images are slightly move to the opposite direction according to their distance. The greater distance moves less and slower.
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| Image represents a 'Parallax Effect' in Fake 3D space |
Combined with the darker tone of the cinema environment, I can hide the object and detail that are not meant to be noticed and the result was stunning.
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| For just this event, we had enabled a way to enjoy Cinema-like experience in AIS Movie Store |
