Testing my first App! Interact with B-biT and see him in AR :D

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B-biT & Dre APP

B-biT & Dre (Version 0.0.-1 Pre-Alpha^2 phase)

So who is B-biT right? Well many years ago I wanted to make short comics, much like the famous "Sarah Scribbles", that would revolve around my life or at least the weird funny stuff that goes through my mind. I was inspired by the comic "Mary Death", and I wanted to make something similar that featured me and a second character. Weeks later, I saw this YouTube video "Lucy and Dic" and instantly loved the idea of a robot friend. After brainstorming the appearance and names came B-biT!

I was later introduced to the futuristic world of Augmented Reality which is now a big focus on my research as a grad student. My new goal then was to make B-biT appear in Augmented Reality on my smartphone which took the longest time. I pretty much ended up teaching myself 3D modeling and texturing. The next goal was to have him appear on the Microsoft HoloLens as I learned that is was a similar process. It worked, but he was GIGANTIC and didn’t do anything. That’s when I started to look into animation which was a learning curve on its own. Eventually, I managed to get B-biT to wave hello which was another milestone. I have great respect for those who work in animation and gaming, you can work for hours only to produce something that’s only seconds long…
Now comes the purpose of this app. I created this app just to see if I could throw everything I’ve done into one location and be able to share it. So far it looks like l can so YAY! So a little bit about the app. The system architecture in this app was created thanks to hours of YouTube tutorial videos. All artwork in this app was created by me. All other content (music, sprites, fonts, etc.) was imported from the Asset Store or from a free website.

Now after seeing B-biT appear and wave on my phone, the next goal is to have him be more interactive with more gestures and animations for the verbal responses.

Overall, my vision is to have B-biT act autonomously within my environment. He will be seen scanning his surroundings, recognize people and wave to them, and grab my attention for any new notifications. I’ll call out “Hey B-biT..” and he’ll listen and perform the appropriate response. Hopefully, we will have lighter and robust augmented reality glasses in the upcoming years, something on the lines of Tony Stark’s E.D.I.T.H glasses for visuals.

Anyway, please send me any feedback, I will be making the next version more "aesthetically pleasing" and address any bugs that come up. (when I find the time...)

Thanks for checking out my App! :D More B-biT and friends content to come!!!

-Dre
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