“The technology you use impresses no one. The experience you create with it is everything.”
Sean Gerety, UI/UX Consultant
POP 66: From camera obscura to extended reality
On various trips spanning from the turn of the century to the twenty-teens, photographer and artist Wes Pope captured striking and soulful moments with his pinhole camera all along Route 66. Over a decade later, on a road trip with his son, he returned to these sites with a drone and a 360 camera to add to the project.
Pope provided me with the raw digital photography data from which I was to build various XR experiences. The ultimate goal was to create immersive assets and experiences to prepare to supplement the POP 66 photo gallery exhibit at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona, opening in June 2025.
The project I created is to be considered a proof of concept of the ways Extended Reality could augment a traditional gallery opening
Web VR construction of the Twin Arrows Trading Post. Built as a point-based gaussian scene and then rendered into video in Luma AI.
blue whale of catoosa
VR reconstruction of the Blue Whale of Catoosa. Built in Reality Capture, MetaShape, and Unreal Engine.
Black wall street
Historic Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
schoolie AR portal
Mobile AR portal experience showcasing the “Waldmire Schoolie”
what happened in skinner?
Co-star and lead ARG Designer for the hit podcast What Happened In Skinner? The season one ARG (alternate reality game) involved hundreds of real-time collaborators across the globe working to solve puzzles, codes, and find physical clues at drop sites in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, and London. We built a deeply engaged community who would work in character with our protagonist to unravel the mysterious island of Skinner, Oregon.
My character on the left-most screen launching the season two ARG captured from a 24-hour livestream of Times Square. This does technically mean I have performed on Broadway.
If you want to try some ARG fun for yourself, then your first step is to click this picture, download it, and dig deeper. There’s something hidden in the picture.
Beyond the fourth dimension
See things the uncaring and implacable passage of time keeps hidden from you!
Photo studio phase 1. Turntable setup for photogrammetry and macro
Photogrammetry workflow for a metal mermaid gate handle
Lemon Lime Maranta dancing for light coverage over two days