How this came about
Exciting to see how many of my peers are constantly looking to grow and develop further especially working in the creative/tech/design industry and are involved with loads of cool and fun projects, this has left me with loads of questions namely
- What would my upskill scenario look like ?
- Which industry do I feel particularly keen to contribute for the next phase of my career
- Is the upskill a side thing or is it going to be my full-time ?
These amongst tons of other questions have been popping into my mind and i have been eager to introspect and find out which direction I’m going…….
The Direction Timeline
1. Looking back
Earlier in my career I created an interesting immersive experience for VR Devices through one of the AGENCIES I was working with and this experience required me to learn about and know OCULUS as a platform in order for me to Design, Build & Deploy immersive experiences for the client and platform.
The R&D is getting really interesting @oculus we coming for that killer app #TwunhuVR pic.twitter.com/f86OGPQAnW
— Twunhuman (@th3gregloyal) May 22, 2018
I had so much fun as i learnt about UI/UX and about the equirectangular video and about sound on this platform. Of course its a far cry from the advanced nature of the OCULUS Quest 2 i use now for R&D but it was an amazing entry into the world of VR then XR now.
2. Rewarding Experiences
One of the most rewarding experiences is the ability to have fun learning new technology in your day to day job yet alone realizing external acclaim in the process, Our 360/VR Experience we had worked on for the client namely Command Agriculture won big that year we had a had in that due to the outstanding nature.
Congratulations to the team for winning Best overall stand at the HAS #VirtualFarming pic.twitter.com/jIfOMDrgUC
— Twunhu Studios (@TwunhuStudios) August 26, 2017
3. What Does this mean ?
I’m a strong believer in building on your strengths and as in hindsight the ability self learn such a complex medium in a matter of weeks in order to execute a fully functioning prototype could not be understated at all. Its with this realization I asked myself a simple question
Q: CAN I SEE MYSELF DOING THIS EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE ?
A: FUCK YEAH lol
4. New Journey
So I’m proud to announce that I am pivoting into 3D Realtime specifically XR Development as this is and has been an amazing curiosity and fascination for me for a really longtime, I’m in the right frame of mind and place to be executing this for the next phase of my career and I shall be documenting my journey for you all to see