An evolution in computing brings with it new design possibilities, development techniques, and composition methods. It is an invitation to create defining new experiences. 8ninths’ Design Patterns is a collection of concepts, processes, strategies, and blueprints for making MR/VR experiences. This is a living body of ideas that will grow and evolve as we continue to explore these phenomenal technologies. Join in the conversation.
Jan 10, 2017 | Design Patterns
Storytelling is in our DNA. It’s part of what makes us human. How we tell our stories shapes our culture and profoundly affects how we understand ourselves and each other, and engage with the world around us. There are archetypal patterns that underscore the fundamentals of storytelling and contextualize its… Read More
Dec 1, 2016 | Design Patterns
360 video is ushering in an emerging era of VR storytelling – situating the viewer inside of a virtual environment and at the center of a story that unfolds within it. Presence, Authenticity and Dimension are three pillars for VR storytelling with 360 video. Presence The essence of VR is… Read More
Oct 31, 2016 | Design Patterns | Virtual Reality
With the latest headsets gaining in popularity and viewership, more and more brands are using VR to engage with consumers in retail environments. There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to assembling a successful VR demo. Here are 6 tips for successfully integrating VR into a branded… Read More
Apr 18, 2016 | Design Patterns
We collaborated with the Citi Innovation Lab to prototype a Holographic Workstation for financial traders. The video below features an 18-minute talk, prepared for the 2016 Microsoft Build conference, to detail the nuts and bolts of our first-generation holographic design and development process. CEO/Co-Founder Adam Sheppard and Creative Director Heather… Read More
Mar 30, 2016 | 8ninths | Augmented Reality | Design Patterns | Mixed Reality | Virtual Reality
Some Behind the Lens Info from our Development Team at 8ninths VR/MR platform-independent tips: Don’t child any visual object transforms under your HMD camera. The headlocked motion feels terrible. We sidestep this issue by placing an invisible transform locked to our camera which tracks the actual cursor position, then having a… Read More
Jul 16, 2015 | 8ninths | Design Patterns | Mixed Reality
A new medium brings with it a new palette, new design possibilities, new composition methods, and an invitation to create defining new experiences. HoloLens Design Patterns is a design research document intended to serve as a dynamic foundation for the ground-breaking, in-depth, iterative processes that will forge the first generation… Read More
Jun 16, 2015 | Augmented Reality | Design Patterns | Mixed Reality | Virtual Reality
In Envisioning Information, one of Edward Tufte’s seminal publications on information design and data visualization, Tufte refers to the two-dimensional space of the page and screen as “flatland.” Flatland, by definition, is an abbreviated representational space – condensing the dynamic, multi-dimensional field that it references into 2D shadows. For centuries,… Read More
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