Co-Founder, CTO | Voltaku Studios Inc. ( 2021 - 2023 )
The vision for KILLTOPIA was to create not just a cyberpunk TV show, but a transmedia XR storyworld-- a narrative and technical framework upon which fans could build out their own lore using custom 3D characters and puppeteering software.
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To the left is an unedited XR photograph of my favorite KILLTOPIA character and me, taken using a software prototype I created for Voltaku.
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As CTO of Voltaku Studios, I wore many hats including XR Product Designer, Software Developer, Pipeline Tools Writer, Virtual Production Supervisor, Graphic Designer, Content Creator, and more.
The Virtual Production Pipeline we created for KILLTOPIA was a typical fusion of Unreal Engine, XSens, and MVN Animate. I got our cycles down to about one hour, going from zero to completed TikTok video using the workflow described in our Pipeline Demo Video:
As you might imagine, all of this heavy duty tracking equipment and software synchronization was a burden to our actors! We decided it would be worth it to drop the render quality and tracking fidelity to seek a more flexible and comfortable solution.
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As a result, I created a 3D XR VTubing Prototype, which remains available for testing in the Apple App Store. I was responsible for the app design and implementation, as well as the product deck, roadmap, tutorializing, graphic design, etc:
But don't take my word for it!
You can try our VToobi 3D MVP yourself in the Apple App Store:
