• August 2024

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    Sorry about the radio silence!

    We’ve had a lot of good/bad/complicated stuff going on and I keep forgetting to make time to talk about it.

    Fun things: We have a couple of new videos up in the Corazon Shorts. We figured out how to make 360 3D animated videos for YouTube using a plug-in we like for Unreal Engine called Off World Live. Also, YouTube now accepts 360 3D videos in 8K, which makes a HUGE difference in how they look. You should check them out!

    Meescha has been creating some great assets (check out the posters in the Dark Alley Diner) and Giovanni figured out how to record a user entering information in the menus, so our demonstration video is getting more robust.

    We’re getting better at all of it as we keep going!

    Jose uses Rokoko for motion capture and I use Perception Neuron. Our last few sessions have gone well. Our whole pipeline is getting better. It still takes about three weeks to create a one minute video (from concept to publishing on YouTube), but we do have almost a dozen characters in them. It makes the stories more interesting to watch in 360 3D.

    I’ll do my best to get back to monthly updates. Until, next time!

  • February 2024

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    Sneaking the February update in under the deadline! 🙂

    It’s been a busy month for Bacon Wrapped Avocado®! We’ve posted a few new videos (see them here), gotten more regular on social media and…
    moved into a final debugging stage for our demo! (Insert trumpet calls here.)

    Pretty soon we’ll be looking for some testers, so if you have a Quest 2 or 3 headset and would like to be a part of that, fill out the Contact form and let us know.

    In March we’ll also start creating new content for the app, so that it will have more than a demo level. Can’t wait to record some stories for Zoe’s House and the Dark Alley Diner!

    Of course, the store is still up and running and we created a Corazons t-shirt in honor of Valentine’s Day. If you want to see what’s available, check out the store here. If you have any suggestions for merch you’d really like to see, different designs or different items, you can let us know in the Contact form.

    Alright, I think that’s it for now. Enjoy Spring–it’s always interesting (72 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday, dropping into the 30’s this afternoon).

  • January 2024

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    Guess what?
    We have a store! Check out shop.baconwrappedavocado.com for fun t-shirts, glasses, and throw pillows.

    Also, we’re kinda famous!
    We were interviewed by David Guard for his podcast Technology and Friends. Stay until the end to see a surprise appearance by a pair of our characters.

    As for our demo, the lobby is shaping up nicely. There are animations with Bwahaha and Mum giving instructions. Some happen automatically. Some trigger when you pick menu items. Also the in-movie menu is working better. Giovanni fixed the volume buttons and added a function to let you see a list of everyone in your room. Laurel set up the auto-pilot positions…then the team realized auto-pilot isn’t the best way to consume a movie where 10 different characters have storylines, so we have some new ideas for that. Jose is continuing to debug the multiplayer server and Meescha is creating the setting for our characters’ second adventure. (She needs to get started early, because there’s a lot to make before we can start animating in a new place.)

    There’s a lot going on! Here’s hoping our northern team members don’t freeze before we’re ready to release.🥶

    Stay warm! (or cool if you’re in the south!)