Darin Hilton Art and Design

GOOGLE PLAY MOVIES VR

Play Movies VR

Concept design, Art direction, 3d environment creation and outsource management

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Initial explorations were for a stylized geometric low poly design using the Play color palette.

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Moving more towards the Play movies red.

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Paintover on a rough IMAX theater model.

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Another paintover concept looking down towards the screen.

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A concept of how the theater might look with the lights down.

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Final rendered 3d theater model.

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Haunted house concept, screen side view.

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Haunted house concept rear view.

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Early render of the 3d scene, needs more detail and lighting tweaks.

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3d render looking down from the stairs. The audience view would be placed right in front of the screen.

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Play Movies VR (2016)

While completing work on Daydreams Homeworld, I was approached by Play Movies to help art direct an external vendor to complete several themed 3d environments for the release of the Play Movies VR app. I provided several concepts including one for a Haunted house interior and an IMAX theater. Unfortunately during the execution of the work it became apparent that the outsource vendors were not capable of delivering the quality we needed and I had to step in and take over the lighting and rendering of these scenes.

Ultimately it was decided to move in a different direction entirely and abandon the themed environments. Which was disappointing. I had planned several environments and the idea was to introduce sound effects, subtle movement and animation to each situation. For example the Haunted house could have scary ambient sounds, flashes of lightning and perhaps even the occasional spirit floating through the background.