rebirth in nature Guided meditation: A VR personal Project
Targeted for people with anxiety, this concept explores the healing power of guided meditations combined with beautiful visuals of nature and the healing concept of being reborn.
Inside a dark space, the viewer sees “dawn“, but in this experience, dawn is the opening of a flower. We float up and follow one of the 6 filaments of the tulip, and as the filament and anther move away from the center, we emerge from the opening flower and the petals are blooming. As the flower opens, we begin to see the beautiful world all around with tulips blooming and nature buzzing all around.
Optimally, the headset should be worn while lying down in a restful location. It would be even better experienced in the park, so the tactile feelings of the grass underneath you would contribute to the feeling of being immersed in nature.
Ongoing
Project - Natalie To, Lauren Wang
This is a work in progress
A teeny test with moving sky, turning windmills and growing flowers.
Process
SHOT 1 - Design and ROUGH animation TESTS with various models in c4d
Test to figure out how the tulip unfurls... from the inside!
An early test to try to capture the lighting on the edge of the petals
Early test showing petals growing as helixes while the petals open
VISUAL REFERENCE
The inspirational tulip!
mood reference
Imagine a guided meditation that feels this connected with nature
Checking out the translucency of tulips against the light
SHOT 1 - opening of the tulip from the inside - pov Animation test
The viewer travels / floats up along the green filament, past the black anthers, and emerges just as the petals open to the sky
Styleframes from animation
Shot 2 - Field of tulips
Started with an HDRI image of a field of grass
Ahhh - imagine waking up at sunrise in a field of tulips like this.
I can almost smell the sweet aroma of this scene
The result - field of CG tulips
Field of CG Tulips conforming to the shape of the hill - probably too many for unreal but it’s nice to look at