Winchester Conundrum

Client: Samsung

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Samsung hosted a pop-up experience leveraging Galaxy AI on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The Winchester Conundrum was a digital escape room featuring a living portrait voiced and controlled by a live performer. 

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BOT JUNGLE built out all the digital components, including the Touch Designer show controls, as well as the Unreal Engine 5 based face tracking rig, and finally the titular character of Winifred Winchester that the escape room host controlled.

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A custom pipeline was required not only to create the main character, but to then control the character live via webcam. The controls needed to be simple, as the individual controlling the experience was not only responsible for ushering guests through, but also staying in character. The character itself also required a flexibility of facial control, to allow the actress full range of expression.

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Software Used:

- Blender

- Unreal Engine 5

- Touch Designer

- Marvelous Designer

- Stable Diffusion / Automatic1111 / ComfyUI

- Faceware

- Custom Python Plugins