My Fantasy

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Introduction: We cooperate with SHARP corporation to explore prototypes of cutting edges technologies.

We’re the first Japan-based ETC project. We have 8 persons in total. 5 persons stay in Osaka for the whole semester and 3 persons stay in Pittsburgh. I’m one of the 3 people staying in Pittsburgh. We have a teleconference on Skype on every Monday. The reason why we separate the whole group in 2 different locations is that we can update and get feedback from faculties on both locations more easily. But it also makes our team’s communication more difficult and complicated, such as the 12-hour jet lag and long distance. It’s hard to get response instantly when we need other teammate’s help. The Skype video teleconference sometimes are not stable, which needs us to re-setup the computer and software. Although this project is rough and we encounter many obstacles, we think it’s worthy. Working with Sharp corporation is a precious experience to me personally. We learn how to communicate well across 10000 miles. We learn how to work in different time zones which have 12 hour jet lag. We learn how to work with a bureaucratic-oriented company, which is very different from western culture. Finally, Sharp corporation were amazed by our final product so that they asked for working with ETC students for one more semester.

My Role: Designer/ Texture/Interface Artist

1. design: To develop the prototype with other teammates.
2. Art: Responsible for the textures of our 3D environment. Responsible for designing the interface.