Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험 by Shin Asaw

Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험 by Shin Asaw is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 철상 in 교육, 교구 및 교육 콘텐츠 디자인 Competition Category.

철교육· 2020

Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험

by Shin Asaw

Client: Sea VR Study Project Executive Committee

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 교육 Category

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The Design

About Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험

바다와 생명: 끝없는 사슬(Sea and Life: Endless Chains)은 초·중·고등학생을 위해 제작된 가상현실 체험이다. 첫 번째 파트는 플라스틱 쓰레기와 같은 해양 환경 문제를 생물의 이름과 구체적인 수치와 함께 설명하는 360도 다큐멘터리 영상이다. 두 번째 파트는 학생들이 바닷속을 탐험하며 생물을 찾고 사지선다형 퀴즈에 답하는 게임이다. 답은 머리의 방향으로 선택하기 때문에 핸드 컨트롤러가 필요하지 않다. 시점이 강제로 이동되는 일이 없어 멀미를 예방하는 데 도움이 된다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Sea And Life: Endless Chains 가상현실 체험, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is an immersive VR edutainment for primary and secondary students. It consists of two parts. The first part is Movie-Side, which is a documentary film of 360 degree to explain some marine environmental problems using detailed numbers and names of organisms. The second part is Game-Side which provides underwater immersive experience, fun of creature hunting, and confirmation of knowledge using quizzes with four choices.
Dimensions & Packaging: For VR goggles, OculusGo is adopted as an integrated type with low introduction cost and no need for PC connection.
Tags: VR, movie, film, game, edutainment, quiz, HMD, display, goggle, OculusGo, 360, ocean, sea, marine, animal, creature, life, plastic, garbage, waste
Production Technology: We used Unity as a development environment for VR applications and edited the video (CG) with Adobe PremierePro, Adobe AfterEffects, Autodesk Maya, etc. In particular, plug-ins for VR (Mettle Mantra VR series, GoPro VR series) were used extensively. For 360-degree shooting, I used GoPro Fusion for aerial photography, Kodak PIXPRO 4KVR360 for underwater, and RICOH THETA V and Panasonic GH5 on the ground.
Design Challenge: We have developed software that does not use the hand-held controller that comes with OculusGo in order to save time and effort in teaching how to use VR goggles. In particular, players can enter the answer for the 4-choice question just by the angle of the head (direction of sight line). Furthermore, in order to prevent children's VR sickness, we have made a direction that does not forcibly move the view. As a result, there were no children who felt ill while targeting more than 100 students.
Research: This project's main purpose is to enlighten children about various problems related to the ocean such as plastic waste and global warming, and was carried out with financial support from the Nippon Foundation.
Inspiration: Documentary film can be effective when you want young people to be interested in difficult social issues. However, knowledge is not established just by watching, so some kind of "confirmation" is necessary. At that time, if the school-like writing test is conducted, the students who scored low may lose interest in the issue. Therefore, I thought that it would be effective to use VR goggle, watch the video first, then try the game, and repeat these until getting enough score while having fun.
Project Duration: The project started in Tokyo from around January 2018. Over half a year, we did movie side filming in the seas around Japan, and produced game side in Tokyo. In September 2018, we held the first one-day event for all students at Hachiyama Junior High School in Tokyo. In October, a permanent exhibition was held for a month at Science Center for Children in Shibuya. If there is a request from an educational institution etc., we will still lend it.
Operation Flow: i) You wear the OculusGo, see a tutorial on how to play.
ii) Select the Movie or Game button.
iii) On the game-side, travel through the ocean looking for creatures. The questions will only be displayed when you find a particular one. You can continue until you find all or time out.
iv) You will be given one of the three titles of "Sea Friend" with 0 to 6 correct answers, "Sea Master" with 7 to 9 correct answers, and "Sea God" with Perfect. If you want to answer all correctly, you can try again.
Patents: (C) 2018 Sea VR Study Project Executive Committee
Team Members: Concept Designer and Movie Director and Game Director : Shin Asaw
3D Designer : Satomi Iseki
2D Designer : Risa Takahashi
Programmer : Kouji Chado
Programmer : Mika Nishida
Image Credits: Image #1 : Designer & Director of Photography Shin Asaw, SnL_EC_mainimage, 2019.
Image #2 : Director of Videography Shin Asaw, optionalimage#1, 2019.
Image #3 : Director of Videography Shin Asaw, optionalimage#2, 2019.
Image #4 : Game Director Shin Asaw, optionalimage#3, 2019.
Image #5 : Director of Photography Shin Asaw, optionalimage#4, 2019.