• Fire panda Ltd

      Virtual Reality

      DISPATCH

      Creator Spotlight video by Oculus

    • Adventure Lab

      Dr. Crumb's School for Disobedient Pets

      We are working with Adventure Lab on their first VR escape room adventure, with Nick providing technical art and Jason Storey as developer/engineer. The team are a fantastic mix of talent and experience, including Pixar and Oculus Story Studio veterans Maxwell Planck and Kimberly Adams.

       

      It's a mix of escape room, immersive theater, and roleplaying game. In their own words:

       

      "We think VR is at its best when it’s with others and we love how coming together for a showtime creates play. It’s designed to be fun for VR novices and experts. When you show up for an adventure in VR, you’ll be greeted by a real live person who will be your host, guide, and at times, your nemesis. You’ll have to work together to solve puzzles and fight your way to the end game before time runs out. For those who love VR, escape rooms, cooperative board games, multiplayer games, Dungeons & Dragons, and immersive theater— VR adventures are for you."

       

      You can see more about Adventure Lab HERE

    • Sweet Dreams

      Room scale VR experience

      'Sweet Dreams' is a dramatic contemporary allegory in a sugar coating, will premier at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the New Frontier section.

       

      "Our appetite is destructive. An age of cognitive dissonance: never more conscious of our impact, never more conspicuous in our consumption. A time of sustainability and plastic-wrapped bananas, of food banks and gold-plated burgers. The land of plenty is here"

       

      Nick Pittom worked with producers 'Marshmallow Laser Feast' as Lead Developer of the project.

       

      More to be revealed soon, and you can check out the latest updates on the twitter HERE

       

      Check out Marshmallow Laser Feast and their amazing work here

       

    • GRAVITY LONDON

      VR and AR marketing experiences

      We've been working with the London offices of Gravity Global for a number of years and have been working with them on a number of VR and AR marketing experiences. Recent projects for an aircraft manufacturer can be seen to the right, with interactive VR and AR experiences. These allow the manufacturer to go to conferences and demonstrate new products in a way they would not be able to otherwise.

       

      You can see more about Gravity London HERE

    • WE MAKE VR + AR

      Fire Panda LTD is an award winning VR + AR development studio creating exciting and innovative interactive Content and Experiences. We have 5 years experience in the field, and are proud to work with some of the most talented people in the industry .

       

      We are experienced in VR + AR Storytelling, building experiences that immerse viewers in new, exciting worlds. We can also work with your studio or agency to create content, so get in touch if you have an exciting project you'd like us to help out with.

       

      In the meantime, scroll down and check out some of the things we've been working on.

      UNITY DXR RAYTRACING

      Experimenting with the latest technology

      Unity has recently added support for Raytracing in it's HD Render Pipeline. The scene to the left is a work in progress of a scene using all the RTX powered features in Unity 2019. Eventually these will make their way into VR, but possibly not for a little while yet!

      DIE FERNWEH OPER

      Working with Daniel Ernst on his new Fantastic Diorama

      Fire Panda has been working with VR artist Daniel Ernst on his 'Shoebox Diorama' series, working to rig characters as well as clean and integrate the body and facial mocap animation.

       

      You can check out Daniel's 'Shoebox Diorama' series HERE

      DISPATCH wins at the 'Cannes Lions'

      The VR experience wins a Gold Lion at the 2018 awards!

      The Cannes Lions are an 'International Festival of Creativity'.

       

      The Lions are the most established and coveted awards for the creative and marketing communications industry. Winning at the Festival puts you among the world’s elite. Our trophies are recognised globally as the ultimate achievement in creativity and we know that winning work from the festival "gives 54% higher ROI than non-creatively awarded work".

       

      HERE BE DRAGONS reported the news HERE

      DISPATCH - Making of blog

      Dispatch is now complete and available for Rift and GearVR!

      Check out the 'Making Of' blog that Nick wrote for Oculus on their blog. There's some great insights into the making of Dispatch for those who are interested in VR Storytelling and also technical information for other developers.

       

      Check it out HERE

    • DISPATCH

      AWARD WINNING VR EXPERIENCE

      Dispatch, an episodic story told in four parts, follows a small-town police dispatcher named Ted (Martin Starr) on the worst night of his life. What begins as a domestic violence call quickly cascades into a host of attacks across town, and the local police are struggling to keep up. Every new call sheds light on Ted's inner torments and pushes him closer toward danger.

       

      Police dispatchers are trained to see with sound. Every door slam, tire screech, and piercing scream paints a picture in their minds. The visual world of Dispatch unfolds inside Ted's imagination as he wades through the soundscape, advising terrified callers and listening for clues. Ted yearns to be at the scene of the crime, to be given the chance to really help someone.

       

      He's about get what he wished for.

       

      Dispatch is a storytelling experience told entirely in realtime VR. It will soon be released on Oculus GearVR and Oculus Rift.

       

      Check out the Making Of blog that Nick wrote for Oculus HERE

       

      An Oculus Studios Production

      Produced by Here Be Dragons

       

       

      Fire Panda team:

      Lead Developer - Nick Pittom

      Lead Software Development - Jason Storey

      3D Modeling, Simulation - James Kearsley

      3D Modeling, Animation - Richard Tongeman

       

    • OTHER Projects

      GRAVITY LONDON

      Award-winning dedicated global B2B agency network

      We're working with Gravity London to develop immersive VR experiences that compliment and enhance their marketing campaigns.

       

      You can find out more about GRAVITY on their website HERE

      HERE BE DRAGONS

      Fire Panda is working with leading VR agency

      We've worked with Here Be Dragons on a number of projects, including Dispatch and also with the team at Rewind on the VR experience for Ghost in the Shell.

       

      You can find out more about Here Be Dragons HERE

      DRUM MEDIA AGENCY

      Fire Panda is working with creative agency

      We're working with Drum to create venue and Out Of Home interactive experiences.

       

      Drum is an award winning independent digital agency. Since launch in 2006 we have been in the business of planning, creating and delivering compelling digital and video for businesses and partner agencies.

       

      You can find out more about Drum on their website HERE

      TECHNOLUST

      Technical Art on the Cyberpunk Adventure Game

      Fire Panda worked with IRIS, rigging characters for animation and integration into the game as well as creating the avatar and hand implementation for the motion control systems introduced with the Oculus Rift Touch controllers.

       

      Technolust is a fully realized cyberpunk dystopia, presented as an interactive visual novel.

       

      You can find out more about Technolust HERE

      OSSIC

      3D Audio Headphone Event Demo

      We created an event demo for OSSIC to showcase their 3D audio headphones, using the Vive to allow users to move and throw 3D audio sources around them.

       

      "OSSIC X is the world’s first 3D audio headphone that instantly calibrates to the listener, increasing the sense of auditory space, and acoustically recreating the way you hear the world everyday."

    • Colosse: A Story in Virtual Reality

      Award winning VR experience

      Fire Panda's Nick Pittom worked with an amazingly talented team of artists to create a unique Storytelling experience.

       

      The project was entered into the Oculus Mobile VRJam, where it won 'Gold' in the Experience catagory.

       

      'COLOSSE' is a real-time VR storytelling experience, with a stylized, character-focused visual narrative. The viewer's gaze - the things they pay most attention to - will direct the experience around them, giving them a subtle control over events as they unfold. We've set out to create a visually powerful, art-driven style, that will immerse the viewer in a highly stylized environment. The project was conceived by Produce Joseph Chen as a way to bring the powerful 2D art style of Kevin Dart into a VR experience.

       

      Credits

      Joseph Chen – Producer
      Kevin Dart – Art/Concept
      Jasmin Lai – Art/Concept
      Eran Hilleli – Art/3D
      Jasper Trenfield – Animation
      Nelson Boles – Animation
      Alex Grigg – Animation
      Daniel Sproll – UX
      David Kamp – Music/Audio
      Jason Storey – Coder
      Nick Pittom - Developer/Designer

       

      You can DOWNLOAD AND PLAY the experience for RIFT HERE and also for VIVE HERE

       

       

    • DECAY THEORY

      Decay Theory is a Storytelling Experience for VR. We follow SuRei, a young girl, who lives on a spaceship, alone except for FeiMa, an ancient traveller, grandmother-figure and enormous bio-mechanical horror. Their journey is to explore the galaxy, seeking out human civilisation, lost in a cataclysm.

       

      While SuRei hopes to find life and adventure among the stars, she will find the greatest mysteries - and dangers - lie in her own past. The experience will explore themes of family, fate, love, loss and how difficult decisions make us the people that we are.

       

      Viewers take the role of an unassuming spaceship drone who must rescue SuRei and save the ship from a mysterious threat.

       

      The project is currently in development.

    • PROJECT

      APOLLO 11 - VR Experience

      Landing on the moon was one of the greatest achievements mankind has ever embarked on and now it’s time for you to step into Neil Armstrong’s shoes and experience what it was like to live through this historic event.

       

      Immersive VR Education are producing an experience based upon the historic 1969 moon landing, and Fire Panda are helping them bring it to life.  You take the place of Neil Armstrong as the Apollo 11 crew rocket into space and land on the surface of our closest celestial neighbour. 

       

      The experience uses official NASA archive footage, audio and data to recreate the events for viewers to experience first hand.

       

      For more information on the Apollo 11 VR Experience and Immersive VR Education, visit their website below:

       

      http://immersivevreducation.com/

    • PROJECT

      RCSI Medical Training Sim

      RCSI Medical Training Sim is designed for medical professionals and trainees. Experience and simulate a traumatic scenario following a road traffic accident and make critical decisions for your patient. You have a patient’s life in your hands and time is running out. It’s up to you to save his life. This app includes an alternative fully educational and didactic mode allowing those without medical training to learn from this experience in an immersive environment.

       

      Created by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and developed by Fire Panda in conjunction with Immersive VR Education.

       

      This has now been released on GearVR for free. Go to the CONCEPTS in the Home app to download it.

    • WHO?

      Fire Panda is a growing studio. If you are interested in working with us, drop us a mail.

      NICK PITTOM

      DIRECTOR, FIRE PANDA LTD

       

      Before jumping into VR Nick worked for a decade as an Animator, Director and Editor with a diverse range of clients in Film, TV, Games and Marketing. In 2012 Nick wrote and directed his first short film, 'PROTO'.

       

      He set up Fire Panda to explore exciting new areas of VR storytelling, games and interactive projects.

       

      He loves lego, Ikea cinnamon rolls and his wonderful wife and two children.

      JASON STORY

      LEAD DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTANT

       

      Jason is in his own words:

       

      "Experienced and Passionate Developer. Wide range of vocations and disciplines. Truly enjoys software development and technology. Self educator and fast learner."

       

      Which is a bit dry, and fails to sum up his immense and intuitive systems coding and engineering talent.

       

      Jason collects professional headphones and retro gaming enamel pins.

    • Contact Us

      nick@firepanda.co.uk

      Nick on Twitter

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