Pippen Wu

Pippen Wu

Escape the Moonscape

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Escape the Moonscape is an experimental virtual tour offering an immersive exploration of the distinctive moon-like landscapes nestled in southern Taiwan. The tour combines aerial footage with interactive storytelling and game elements. This is the main project that I worked on during my 2019 summer internship at Taiwan AI Labs.

The project utilizes various image processing and machine learning algorithms, such as sky replacement, style transfer, and object detection. I flew a drone to collect aerial footage, wrote the script for the story, created art assets of story characters, and prototyped the virtual tour using Python, PHP, and Javascript.

I wrote this and this article documenting the work that I did, my thought processes, and my internship experience overall.

You can try out the gameplay and user experience prototype here.

▲ gameplay and user experience prototype

title screen of the experience
▲ title screen

introduction to the experience
▲ story introduction

phone mock
▲ app mockup

game flow diagram
▲ game flow diagram

game story script
▲ game narrative

photo with the team
▲ the team at Taiwan AI Labs

June 2019 – August 2019

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