{"id":5647,"date":"2026-02-09T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:40:40","slug":"pressure-project-1-a-walk-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dems.asc.ohio-state.edu\/?p=5647","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Project #1 – A Walk In Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Description:<\/strong> “A Walk In Nature” is a self-generating experience that documents two individuals’ time together deep in the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Meat and Bones (view captions for descriptions):<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photos I took before production (I had no real clue what I was going to do)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I set up a “waiting room” to make sure everything was working properly, since a lot hinged on the audio working. This rotating image of me was made during an attempt to make myself “do a cartwheel.” I haven’t quite figured it out yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A screenshot of the intro scene. It’s a forest that distorts at random. The title text reads in Comic Sans “A Walk In Nature”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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How I generated the title, I am notorious for choosing horrible fonts in my projects, so this time I wanted to do it… but on purpose, for healing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Horrible photo (sorry), but this is the setup to initiate Kaleidoscope CC on the forest background randomly. I may have overdone it. This also contains Jump++ to transition scenes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The setup for the intro voices (I will expand upon this process in the next scene).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A screenshot of the main scene: three deer appear on screen, one has a human face superimposed onto it, and another has eight legs and no head. (Beautiful).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Similar to the Kaliedoscope CC, I used TT Pixellate to make the background feel more 64-bit, as the deer images are pixel art. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The setup to superimpose a live camera feed on a deer. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My group of User Actors mainly contains deer, but one contains the conversations of the disembodied voices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My setup for the deer actors, the messed-up one is the same, but with Reflector. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The setup for the conversation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A screenshot of the secret end scene that is a failed attempt of handtracking, the idea was for the viewers to get to pet a deer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My setup trying to simulate hand tracking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Reactions<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Zarmeen at the beginning (she looks confused)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Luke at the beginning (also confused)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zarmeen looks like she’s questioning how I got here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Despite everything, Zarmeen laughs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am very thankful for Zarmeen’s presence, as I don’t know if I would’ve achieved all the bonus points without her. While I received relatively affirming verbal feedback at the end, without her talent of reacting physically, I would have felt way more awkward showing this messed-up video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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