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🕑 Added 2023-01-21 11:54:09 +0000 UTCHello again everyone!
This week I worked on a new location for the Wrestlers story. So far Keen already created a Gym for the werstler girls, but at some point they will of course need a place to wrestle as well :)
Now I’m sure that everyone who played the game before, can guess where this will take place.
Right...!
In the Holo-Suite :)
Now for the longest time there has been a stack of sport-holo-videos laying in front of that room. And now it’s time to put those to good use!
The Holo-Suite: So how does it work?
Now the Holo-Suite in Space Rescue, creates a realistic looking 3D enviorment where you can do various sport activities.
And like most tech in Space Rescue, I wanted to make the Holo-Suite a somewhat believable concept. So I imagined a way to make a realistic looking 3D enviorment in a room, based on existing technology. And this is how I imagine it could be done:
1. To make a changable enviorment, the holo-suite consistes out of a few dozen ‘Flexagons’; which are flexible panels that can change position. And by re-arranging them, you can create various static enviorments (You could compare it with making a low-poly game landscape).
2. Now to add more realism to the enviorment, the flexagons top layer consists out of thermosensitive memory foam, which can change size and density, depending on it’s given temprature. This way you could create a soft sandy vollyball beach, with some rocks on the side.
3. Additionally, the Flexagons surface is coated with a photochromatic material - which can easily be ‘textured’ (colored) by shining a special low-uv-projector on it.
4. And finally, the room will be brought to life by using regular holo-projections. To add for example birds in the sky, or the illusion of a sea next to a vollyball beach.
Well...that’s the idea at least :)
The Holo-Suite: Art
And this is how I visualized it; the room would consist out of two parts. An entrance area, where you could choose your 3D sport enviorment. And then the actual holo-room behind it, where the 3d enviorment would be created.
So this is the actual holo-room when it's empty.
Now this is the entrance.
And below you can see the various parts I made for it.
Now by cutting the image up like this, I can for example lower the projector- and open the doors with an animation. It also allows me to change the background, and display the workings of the room on the middle window-screen.
Next, you can see a few steps of my drawing proces, going from a rough sketch to a detailed illustration… Haha, sometimes I really worry about the results, when the sketch looks so crappy at first :D
Well, and that’s it for the Holo-Suite.
I hope you like it!
Next time, I will show you the wresling arena that will be projected here :)
All the best & till next time!
- Robin
Comments
Robin
Thank you Dacer, I'm glad you like it :) The idea actually falls between to things I really like: The holodeck in Star Trek & the current VR games, that take place in specially designed rooms (where the room has rough blocky shapes, corresponding with detailed enviorments you see in VR). And by keeping it a bit realistic, I of course hope that someone will build this tech, so we can all enjoy it evetually :D
Dacer
I've actually been wondering about how you might handle the ship's holo-suite for quite a while, Robin, and I like what I'm seeing here! Rooting the design in semi-plausible possibilities and concepts gives your ideas more science-fictional weight, I think. The line between the science-fiction and fantasy genres gets pretty thin at times, but thinking about your creations the way you do helps them stay on the SF side of things. I love the previews, and I look forward to what you bring us next! Be well,
