Freelance Indie VR Filmmaker & Motion-Sim Developer for Psych Research (VUW, NZ)
LUNAR DETOUR @ NZ Game Dev Conference
Cinematic VR experience using DOFReality M2 motion-sim
50+ beta-testers & no motion sickness - fun for all ages
- queues 40min
VR Tilt-Lab @ NZ Game Dev Conference
Scenic FPV drone flights synced to a tilt-chair in VR
90+ riders & no motion sickness
Deja-VR @ Sydney SXSW
Cinematic VR experience using DOFReality M2 motion-sim
107 Beta-testers - enthusiastic approval of the experience
NOVA360 + FPV Drone Sync for Immersive Playback in Unity / C#
(VUW, NZ Psych Research)
Quest 3 Pass-through Experience for Research
(VUW, NZ Psych Research)
Current VR Psych Research Content Developer at VUW & Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie
Works in Progress: Evoking emotional response in VR, empathy, disgust, and tasking spatial memory
VR Soaring/Flying Simulation for Awe Studies (360 Globe Lab VUW Psych Dept 2023-24)
VR Hologrammic Capture & Playback of Live Performance in Mixed Reality
Collaboration with NZSD Contemporary
Installation & Presentation at DocEdge (Auckland & Wellington) 2023
Installation at NZ Game Developers Conference 2023
A.i.CATFISH VR Show + Psych Study with VUW Researchers
NZ Fringe at BATS & Lab at Psych Dept VUW
Audience enters VR and interacts with A.i.-driven digital humans
GAME OVER Music Video for The Black Seeds
Music video made in Unity with Mocap, Digital Avatars, and 3D Environment
360 Version
SOMEONE SHOULD LOVE YOU Music Video for Jason Kerrison
In progress: Mocap duet performance + Mocapped Facial Animation + 3D Environments in Unity
HOLODECK with NZSD Contemporary (What if the City were a Theatre)
9x3m LED Wall + VR/Mocap Performance at Atrium, Blair St, Wellington
Video
Great Gig in VR
NZ Fringe at BATS - Various original short VR films + 6DoF Guided VR Experience
AWE Studies in VR for Psych Research at VUW (Gina Grimshaw)
VUW Psych Dept + DOC = VR Pilot Study of KEA @ Tourist Sites in Lower South Island
Dance Me to the End Mixed Reality Theatre / Mocap + VR Interaction on Stage
(As VR Technical Developer & Operator) directed by Carrie Thiel (Mocap Artist on LotR)
At BATS = 6 Degrees - Graduates of VUW Theatre & Performance Works
Review
LED + Virtual Production Project with NZSD Contemporary
12x3m LED Wall + Vive-Tracked Camera in Unity
Video - Development Phase of "Holodeck"
Between VR Worlds
6DoF Guided VR Experience at Terror-Fi Festival, Wellington & Auckland
Video from 40sec >> More Info
6DoF Jam with NZSD Contemporary
Mocap + Improvisation in VR (Using Perception Neuron Suit + Unity)
Video
LAST TINDANGO (Filmed in 3D180)
NZ 48 Hour Short Film Competition - Awarded PJ Wildcard Grand Finalist
Watch here (Best viewed in VR headset)
100+ 3D180 Short VR Indie Films
Hosted on DEOVR (VR Platform, better than YouTube)
Channel
"Underbelly" Freelance Video + Animation
Best Director, NZ Kodak Music Clip Awards 3x between 2003-09
Music Videos:
Don’t
Hear the People
You Don’t Know Me
The Answer
Video Director / Editor / Camera + Video Installations [Sole Creator]
Note: Sole Creator means Ed designed, created, executed, and edited every aspect of said projects, including Camera Operation, Direction, Technical Setup, Software Wrangling, Concept, Post-Production, and Delivery.
Fringe Multimedia Award for FLUXMEDIA Performance Art & Visuals