LEGO Design+Build (2024)
Pop-up Installation Touring the US of A
- Project: LEGO Design+Build interactive installation
- Role: Lead Engineer, Technical Artist (team of 2 engineers, 3 artists)
- Engine: Unity
- Studio: Wildlife Design
- Platform: iPad, PC
For this pop-up installation, I created an application to allow users to customize a LEGO ship, and launch it into orbit, uploading and creating a shareable asset by QR code.
The network design requirements required 4 iPads (running the 'Design+Build' app) to be able to be connected to a PC (running the 'Orbit' app) over a local wifi network, and be completely functional offline (in case of being in a location with poor internet access). I also developed the network portion, transmitting the latest user's customized ship design to 'Orbit.'
"Design+Build" app on iPad
This part runs on an iPad and launches the ship into orbit at completion.
Choose 1 of 6 ships for the experience.
Select parts and assign colors.
After the launch sequence, the user receives a QR code for their shareable video clip.
An example of a shareable video clip.
A technical issue prevented us from using UDP to sniff out the server IP (the 'Orbit' app) so I created a configuration screen to manually input the server's IP on boot of the app.