Precedents

Notes from Arboretum Visit

• The landscaping felt intentional but there were somethings we wished we could change.
• It felt like a living museum
• We were inspired by the large amounts of of wildlife of the arboretum
• It didn't feel like wildlife, but it also didn't feel like a garden and had a very interesting mix.

Thesis

Environmental Sim is a small, meditative virtual reality game where the user can plant and grow trees while calming music plays, along with viewing other user's creative spaces gardens.

Project Principles

Lively Visuals

Seeing Life

Learning about Layouts

A Botanist in Borneo

Informative Gameplay

Learning About Food Webs

Precedents

SMOKE TREE

• The Smoke Tree (Cotinus Coggygria) has a cloud-like exterior and is very aesthetically pleasing.
• It can survive in the New England Climate that we wanted to replicate.
• It's vibrant bright colors sets it apart from other trees which is ultimately the reason we created this tree first.

Precedents

Pixel Ripped

Nature Treks VR

Sketches

Tiling & Early Ideas

Originally we explored the idea of tiling but moved away from that as we made our way into VR

In VR we wanted to create simple interactables that the user could easily understand

Phase 2 Prototyping:

Creating models

Black Oak Seed

Dawn Redwood Seed

Axe (Rearranging Tool)

Phase 2 Prototyping:

Building the world

Creating sound was a big part of our project to fulfill the meditative feel of the game.

In Unity, we tried to make the game easy to pick up with simple directions without losing any of the "Wow" factor you experience in VR.

Technical Sketch

Final Picture

Next Steps

Create more customization features

Re-incorporate the educational aspect

Allow the ability to share your world to others