Project Overview
Dingle Ocean World is an aquarium on the south-west coast of Ireland where we at Algorithm, installed an immersive experience titled Deep Atlantic which included a large LED screen and an interactive touchscreen. We also worked with the aquarium's staff to create a scientifically backed short film using Unreal Engine to showcasing Irish sea life.
My Contributions
- Unreal Engine Programming & Rendering
- Technical Strategy Lead
- VFX, Shaders, Video Projection
- VR Previsualization for Pitch
Project Highlights
This was the first project I worked on at Algorithm where I was given the opportunity to define the technical strategy right from the beginning. I worked closely with our production team to create clear progress goals and pipelines for success. I introduced a new version control system which allowed us to work with a 3rd party animation team externally.
The whole team found that this greatly improved our workflow and saved us from a lot of the technical issues we had been running into in previous projects.
The whole team found that this greatly improved our workflow and saved us from a lot of the technical issues we had been running into in previous projects.
The film follows a humpback whale a variety of scenes from the ocean surface to lush shallows and eventually a bioluminescent grotto.
We iterated several times, taking feedback from the scientific team at Dingle to deliver a realistic yet cinematic experience.
