• VIRTUAL REALITY

  • WE MAKE VR

    Fire Panda LTD is a Virtual Reality development studio creating exciting and innovative VR Content, Experiences and Games. We are proud to work with some of the most talented people exploring everything VR can offer.

     

    We are experienced in VR Storytelling and building experiences that immerse viewers in new, exciting worlds. We can work with you to create your VR 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.

    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

    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

     

  • 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.

  • Recent Projects

     

    HERE BE DRAGONS

    Fire Panda is working with leading VR agency

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

     

    You can find out more about Here Be Dragons HERE

    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

    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."

     

    You can find out more about OSSIC on their website HERE

  • PROJECT

    Colosse: A Story in Virtual Reality

    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

     

     

  • 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.

  • VR Storytelling

    Story is universal. VR as a medium presents unique challenges, but also unique opportunities.

     

    Fire Panda from it's inception has worked to push Storytelling in VR and we seek out projects that allow us to pursue this new medium in exciting and interesting directions.

     

    VR storytelling is no easy feat. Film has had 100 years to develop it's language, yet when you have a full 360 degree view of the world how do you tackle the challenge of holding the viewer's attention? When you want them to look over HERE how do you stop them from being distracted by what's over HERE. The fundamental narrative tools that Film, TV and Games have come to take for granted are no longer relevant in the same way - we can no longer 'cut' or go to a 'close up'. 

     

    In his talk at SWVR on 'Real-time VR storytelling experiences' Nick examines the opportunities and possibilities for story tellers in this new medium - which you can view on the videos opposite.

     

     

  • 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 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', which he also edited and produced many of the VFX for.

     

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

     

  • Contact Us

    nick@firepanda.co.uk

    Nick on Twitter

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