Overview

Overview

Overview

VR Environment Design: A Dystopian Scene from my Story- 'The Light Beyond the Dark'

VR Environment Design
The scene contrasts the bleakness of a nuclear power plant with the vibrant world outside, highlighting the characters' struggles. The scene can be viewed on both desktop and VR headsets.

The scene contrasts the bleakness of a nuclear power plant with the vibrant world outside, highlighting the characters' struggles. The scene can be viewed on both desktop and VR headsets.

2 Week

2 Week

TIMELINE

VR Environment Design

VR Environment Design

PROJECT CATEGORY

Individual

COURSE WORK, IIT JODHPUR

Individual

COURSE WORK, IIT JODHPUR

Story Writing: The Light Beyond the Dark

In a future world dominated by nuclear energy, Ram, a father trapped in a dingy power plant, devises an escape plan with his friends Bhola and Raju. After years of secretly digging a tunnel, they just miss getting captured by the brutal guard Sikandar. In a final, desperate act, they break free, allowing Ram to reunite with his daughter, symbolising hope and resilience in a dystopian world.

Story Writing: The Light Beyond the Dark

In a future world dominated by nuclear energy, Ram, a father trapped in a dingy power plant, devises an escape plan with his friends Bhola and Raju. After years of secretly digging a tunnel, they just miss getting captured by the brutal guard Sikandar. In a final, desperate act, they break free, allowing Ram to reunite with his daughter, symbolising hope and resilience in a dystopian world.

Story Writing: The Light Beyond the Dark

In a future world dominated by nuclear energy, Ram, a father trapped in a dingy power plant, devises an escape plan with his friends Bhola and Raju. After years of secretly digging a tunnel, they just miss getting captured by the brutal guard Sikandar. In a final, desperate act, they break free, allowing Ram to reunite with his daughter, symbolising hope and resilience in a dystopian world.
Story Writing: The Light Beyond the Dark

In a future world dominated by nuclear energy, Ram, a father trapped in a dingy power plant, devises an escape plan with his friends Bhola and Raju. After years of secretly digging a tunnel, they just miss getting captured by the brutal guard Sikandar. In a final, desperate act, they break free, allowing Ram to reunite with his daughter, symbolising hope and resilience in a dystopian world.

Visual Description

Visual Description

Visual Description

Visual Description

Scene Composition: Divide Between Despair and Hope

Scene Composition: Divide Between Despair and Hope

Scene Composition: Divide Between Despair and Hope
The scene shows a dark lobby filled with weary people, including Ram, all gazing through a portal. The slums, towering and made of cold, grey concrete, contrast starkly with the vibrant, sunlit outside world visible through the portal. A dark, endless spiral staircase winds down to the nuclear plant below, emphasising the oppressive conditions and endless struggle of the workers.
The scene shows a dark lobby filled with weary people, including Ram, all gazing through a portal. The slums, towering and made of cold, grey concrete, contrast starkly with the vibrant, sunlit outside world visible through the portal. A dark, endless spiral staircase winds down to the nuclear plant below, emphasising the oppressive conditions and endless struggle of the workers.

The scene shows a dark lobby filled with weary people, including Ram, all gazing through a portal. The slums, towering and made of cold, grey concrete, contrast starkly with the vibrant, sunlit outside world visible through the portal. A dark, endless spiral staircase winds down to the nuclear plant below, emphasising the oppressive conditions and endless struggle of the workers.

Image of Sphere Team
Image of Sphere Team
Image of Sphere Team

Mood Board

Mood Board

Mood Board

Mood Board

Visualising Despair and Hope

Visualising Despair and Hope

Visualising Despair and Hope
The mood board depicts a harsh, dehumanising environment contrasted by rare, hopeful glimpses of the vibrant world outside.

The mood board depicts a harsh, dehumanising environment contrasted by rare, hopeful glimpses of the vibrant world outside.

Layout Greyboxing

Layout Greyboxing

Layout Greyboxing

Layout Greyboxing

Laying the Foundation for Visual Storytelling

Laying the Foundation for Visual Storytelling

Laying the Foundation for Visual Storytelling
This greyboxing stage sets the basic structure, focusing on the slum layout, machinery, and portal placement to establish key contrasts.
This greyboxing stage sets the basic structure, focusing on the slum layout, machinery, and portal placement to establish key contrasts.

This greyboxing stage sets the basic structure, focusing on the slum layout, machinery, and portal placement to establish key contrasts.

  • Spiral Staircase

  • Slum Gathering Area

  • Endless Slum

  • Windows to Another World

  • Crowded Living space

Final Design Outcome

Final Design Outcome

Final Design Outcome

Final Design Outcome

Bringing the Concept to Life

Bringing the Concept to Life

Bringing the Concept
to Life
This final render captures the final essence of the scene.

This final render captures the final essence of the scene.

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© Copyright Abhishek Manraj 2024. All Rights Reserved

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I design digital, physical and phygital experiences.

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I design digital, physical and phygital experiences.

© Copyright Abhishek Manraj 2024. All Rights Reserved

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I design digital, physical and phygital experiences.

© Copyright Abhishek Manraj 2024. All Rights Reserved

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