The Lexus hoverboard was an amazing achievement, but it required going to a specially built skate park in Barcelona and a one of a kind prototype. To bring it to the LA autoshow, we had to build a system that would allow 18 HD screens and 6 computers to render separate views, which needed a custom build of Unreal. Though everything in the room was static, several people fell over from the realism of the movement. The mark of a job well-done ;)
My contributions included prototyping ways to synchronize screens over a wired network, building a separate pipeline to capture an user’s experience via tiny hidden cameras, live color correction, splicing and uploading a custom takeaway for each user. To pull it off, I had to write a custom iOS app for the brand ambassadors to manage the queue (there was always a waitlist), manage the session from an onsite touchdesigner installation, and manage uploading to a video service provider while emailing the user.