Zhang Xingchen.
roles
· XR Designer
· Video Game Designer
· Fulltime Faculty @ NYUSH - IMA
· Father of a Cute Boy
· Fan of Video Games
about me
Xingchen Zhang is an Interactive Media Arts (IMA) Foundation Coordinator and a Clinical Instructor of Interactive Media Arts (IMA) at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, he was a visiting researcher for the Game Lab at the University of California, San Diego. He holds a PhD from Shanghai University.
Xingchen's research interests are derived from the game industry and focus on systematic game design and implementing the gaming approach in reality. He worked in the game industry as CTO, art director, project manager, technical artist, and 3D artist. He has designed games and gaming experience for multiple platforms, including AR & VR experience.
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where am I?
West Yangsi Road NO.567,
Pudong, Shanghai, China
West Yangsi Road NO.567,
Pudong, Shanghai, China
email: ian.xingchen7906@gmail.com
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Verse NO.1555
After December 2022, the Century Ave. No.1555 was not only an address for the NYUSH community but a symbolic number in their memory. The academic building that the NYU Shanghai has inhabited for more than 8 years was going to have her new face/soul. The memory of this building matters to everyone who studied and worked there. It deserved to be kept and materialized in an important and unique way, with which the people can revisit it.
In this project, we have fabricated a virtual “Century Ave. No.1555” online with 3D scan models, which are made from our memory of this building. NYUSH community members can once more revisit it any time and encounter stories that happened in the real Century Avenue No. 1555. The project breeds two applications: a web-based 3D experience and a phone-based AR application on smartphones.
Messages from NYUSH students (2022 Fall)
Verse NO.1555 - Promo Video (2022 Fall)
Leaving Message in the Verse NO.1555 - (2022 Fall)
Verse NO.1555 on phone - (2022 Fall)
Website:
3D Century Ave. No.1555 on the web page will enable users to experience the 3D space with a keyboard and mouse. There are two key features: leaving text messages and inserting photos in the 3D space. Simultaneously, users can view messages from others as well. With the contribution of leaving messages the virtual space will be not only a 3D asset but a virtual space filled with memories and history of NYU Shanghai.
3D Century Ave. No.1555 on the web page will enable users to experience the 3D space with a keyboard and mouse. There are two key features: leaving text messages and inserting photos in the 3D space. Simultaneously, users can view messages from others as well. With the contribution of leaving messages the virtual space will be not only a 3D asset but a virtual space filled with memories and history of NYU Shanghai.
AR:
With the scan models of Academic Build, this project has created an AR application running on smartphones. It recognizes the physical space and attach the virtual objects (messages, pictures, 3D models, and arts) to the real space. Users were able to experience the virtual content when they are walking in the physical Academic Building. View memories from others and create their own virtual content with similar tools as what they have on the web page.
With the scan models of Academic Build, this project has created an AR application running on smartphones. It recognizes the physical space and attach the virtual objects (messages, pictures, 3D models, and arts) to the real space. Users were able to experience the virtual content when they are walking in the physical Academic Building. View memories from others and create their own virtual content with similar tools as what they have on the web page.
