First Encounters is a launch title for the Oculus Quest 3.
It was designed to showcase the MR capabilities of the Q3 in an exciting, immersive but accessible way. As a launch title that comes preloaded on device it would be many peoples first experience of AR/MR so the focus was on making it visually gripping, intuitive and engaging and entirely seamless.
My role was as a VFX artist responsible for making compelling effects, that work well against a video passthrough background and are able to react with the infinite variety of spaces and lighting conditions that it could be played in.
Client: Unit9
Copyright owner: Meta
Team: Me ( most vfx ). Unit9/Meta ( creative and development ). Models, environment and animations (Altergaze).
Tools: Unity, Shuriken particle system, Shadergraph
View First Encounters on the app store: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/6236169136472090/