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    Focus pulling for Virtual Camera (Unreal Engine + Arduino)
    • May 9
    • 1 min

    Focus pulling for Virtual Camera (Unreal Engine + Arduino)

    This is an implementation of my project idea from the previous blog: https://www.jackchen.art/post/jack-chen-concept-map Using the...
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    Jack Chen Concept Map
    • Apr 21
    • 1 min

    Jack Chen Concept Map

    My concept outlines the plan for making a virtual camera focus pulling device. In real life film sets, a crew member will be responsible...
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    Fast fun: New controller iteration
    • Apr 7
    • 1 min

    Fast fun: New controller iteration

    This week, I created a new iteration for my cube game controller. The new controller consist of two cubes sliding across two tracks,...
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    Haptics labs
    • Mar 28
    • 2 min

    Haptics labs

    Hello Vibe Motors - We had the chance to work with Vibration motors for this class, the motors comes with very small wires so the first...
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    March 17th update - EEG & OSC to UE, Erosion, Earth & Atom Shaders
    • Mar 17
    • 4 min

    March 17th update - EEG & OSC to UE, Erosion, Earth & Atom Shaders

    I've added many more things to my project since the last update, to document my work in progress, I made this WIP trailer for the project...
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    Fast Fun: Arduino MIDI to Unity
    • Mar 14
    • 1 min

    Fast Fun: Arduino MIDI to Unity

    Based on the setup from this week's lesson, I created a new controller for my cube dropping game in Unity. This time, two potentiometers...
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    Synthetic Architecture - Reality Threshold (Thesis segment)
    • Mar 3
    • 1 min

    Synthetic Architecture - Reality Threshold (Thesis segment)

    For the reality threshold project, I created a scene which will be a part of my thesis project. Some of the notable mechanics I included...
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    Fast Fun Week 4: Arduino keyboard to Unity
    • Feb 20
    • 1 min

    Fast Fun Week 4: Arduino keyboard to Unity

    This week, I made a simple 2 push buttons input controller with Arduino connected to Unity using the keyboard Library. The game is a 2...
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    Thesis update Feb 19
    • Feb 19
    • 3 min

    Thesis update Feb 19

    Since the last blog, I've refined the "storyboard" for the VR experience further - describing each segment of the experience in order....
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    Fast Fun week 3: 4 button input Unity
    • Feb 10
    • 1 min

    Fast Fun week 3: 4 button input Unity

    This week, we were assigned to make a fast and simple game prototype in unity which uses 4 buttons to control. I created a modified...
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    Thesis experiment - black hole shader & interactive particles
    • Jan 30
    • 1 min

    Thesis experiment - black hole shader & interactive particles

    I did my first technical experiment for my thesis today, testing out a black hole shader and making a interactive particle system with...
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    Thesis: semester 2 week 1 check in
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    Thesis: semester 2 week 1 check in

    I decided to switch from the collective Wordpress blog to my personal blog, here is a link to my previous thesis blogs:...
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    Mixed Reality Music Video
    • Jan 14
    • 2 min

    Mixed Reality Music Video

    For our final project, our team decided to fully experiment with the potentials of combining Unreal Engine's world building and composure...
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    Fabrication WK4
    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Fabrication WK4

    This week I expanded on my project from last week by making an enclosure for the light to be able to project onto the patterned board...
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    Fabrication WK3: Laser Cutter
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Fabrication WK3: Laser Cutter

    This week I tried to make an Acrylic light with LED base. I begin the process with a red transparent acrylic board, spray painted black...
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    MRF - Unreal Engine Composure to After Effects test
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    MRF - Unreal Engine Composure to After Effects test

    This week we continued the After Effects > Maya > Unreal Engine pipeline by using composure in Unreal Engine to generate foreground and...
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    MRF - After Effects & Maya Sync
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    MRF - After Effects & Maya Sync

    This week, I synced up a 3D scene between After Effects and Maya as a part of the After Effects > Maya > Unreal Engine match move...
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    MRF - motion match using After Effects (test)
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    MRF - motion match using After Effects (test)

    This week, I did a matchmove compositing test using After Effects on a shot from my recent short film. Although the render needs a lot...
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    MRF - Video Compositing in Unreal Engine & After Effects
    • Oct 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    MRF - Video Compositing in Unreal Engine & After Effects

    This week, I created a video composite using After Effects, Unreal Engine, and Premiere by keying the greenscreen in After effects, then...
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    MRF: Space Station in Unreal Engine
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    MRF: Space Station in Unreal Engine

    This week, I built out the space surveillance station envisioned last week
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