QE - THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
About:
QE is a friendly character that guides you through your in-store experience. QE will meet and greet you, play games with you, take and share pictures, help with wayfinding, help you check-in, and give you special offers.
The virtual retail assistant uses advanced machine vision to recognise customers and react appropriately. Behind the scenes is a content management system that allows customisation, reporting and updates.
My friends from Phygital tasked me to produce all the 3D renders and animations of the QE character. I performed all of QE’s head and hand movements whilst donning a motion capture suit at Phygital’s studio. I then cleaned up the selected animation takes and transferred them to the QE 3D model.
I added lots of detail, such as furnishings, plants and a coffee machine, to the client-provided 3D model of the showroom, which, along with the character, was textured, lit and rendered by me.
Production Company
Client
Daimler/Mercedes Benz
Motion Capture
Andy Davenport (performance, edit & cleanup)
3D animation, rendering and compositing
Andy Davenport
Software\Hardware:
Noitom Perception Neuron
Autodesk Motion Builder
Autodesk 3DS Max
Chaos Group V-Ray
Adobe After Effects
