The GATE-D software being developed is a first person choose-your-own-adventure interactive narrative “Application/Experience” based classic cyberpunk novels and films from Japan and US. This collaboration is a “Team” effort between producers/programmers from Japan and visual artist/filmmakers from the US.
The concept is an abstract homage to film-noir cyberpunk history, a “mash-up” of pop cultural references with characters based on Ryu Murakami’s novel Coin Locker Babies, classic sci-fi anime AKIRA, Tetsuo the Ironman, underscored with quotes and themes from influential writers like William Burroughs, Jean Baudrillard, Philip K Dick, and other sci-fi writers.
The process is to film the narrative using live action 360-degree video with Japanese actors (dubbed in English) within the backdrop of surrealistic modern Japan. “Unity Engine” will be used to develop the software for interactive capabilities, to "choose your own adventure" and compositing visual effects using Adobe After Effects. Some of the characters are played by professional cosplay actors.
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Thanks Oculus Manager for letting us know about the trademark. We will come up with another solution.
Thanks Twitch Monkey for the info.
Twitchmonkey, Actually, you're right on point! this character is Tetsuo, loosely based on the original character. thanks!
Dang thats some rad makeup!!
The title DATURA is a working title and will be replaced shortly due to trade am issues.
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We've changed the title from DATURA to GATE-D due to trademark issues. Hope to stick with this one. Please let me know if there maybe be issues with GATE-D title.
Attached are couple of pics from yesterdays shoot. More to come...
Thanks thisisdanzo. we aren't shooting stereoscopic, using go-pro cluster, few different mounts, after-effects, unity, and practical effects as much as we can. basically whatever we can get our hands on, including existing locations, professional and non professional talent resources since we are completely independent.
I'm from LA, found a lot of great talent in Japan, built an awesome team, weird locations, and lots of enthusiasm which makes the perfect recipe for creativity, and achieve beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I just hope that some of this energy and magic thats taking place in reality can be transferred through the virtual experience.
https://theta360.com/uk/
It does 360 video and doesn't have all the stitching anomalies that you get from some camera clusters. Also has built in wifi so no fiddling around with memory cards.
£244 I think which is not bad.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... lectronics
John Carmack mentioned it on his Mobile VR talk and said it created very good results.
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360 photos are ok, not great but ok and easy to make, but video is a bit to lowres tho.
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“The conceptualization involved in cyberpunk is more of forging ahead, looking at the new global culture. It is a culture that does not exist right now, so the Japanese concept of a cyberpunk future, seems just as valid as a Western one, especially as Western cyberpunk often incorporates many Japanese elements.”[38] William Gibson is now a frequent visitor to Japan, and he came to see that many of his visions of Japan have become a reality:
Modern Japan simply was cyberpunk. The Japanese themselves knew it and delighted in it. I remember my first glimpse of Shibuya, when one of the young Tokyo journalists who had taken me there, his face drenched with the light of a thousand media-suns—all that towering, animated crawl of commercial information—said, "You see? You see? It is Blade Runner town." And it was. It so evidently was.[39]
I can't wait.
Since you're using unity in part are you also going to release for the dk2?
Thanks for the support Lhun! Yes, we do plan on releasing this for the dk2.