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Overview
To create a virtual reality experience that captures the activities of the British Council throughout Nigeria and celebrate 75 years of cultural relations and successful partnership.
Scope
An Immersive and non-immersive virtual historical exhibition deployed on Oculus Go VR headsets,
social facebook platform and the android playstore
for onsite and offsite visitors.
Context
‘’From sharing knowledge by sending books and lecturers overseas, to cultural exchange in the form of theater, music and art, the British Council’s cultural exchange relationship with Nigeria began with a library in 1944, and has taken many forms since.’’
360 Virtual Exhibition For the British Council
February - April 2020
City. Lagos, Nigeria
Co-Curator, Interior Designer, Virtual Experience Design Team Lead.
Approach
To embody the spirit of the organization, we approached the project from the angle of architecture and interior design. We proposed an architectural evolution of the british council libraries in different parts of the country at specific time periods to represent the past, present and future of the organization in Nigeria.
Research
Some of the library locations had been moved and the structures changed. For instance the British Council's first center in Nigeria situated in Ibadan in 1945 no longer exists in the present day, such locations were recreated as 3D models for the VR tour referencing old pictures and architecture of that time period.
Design Development
Architecture
● Main Historical Gallery
● British Council House Ibadan Circa 1945
● British Council Resource Centre, Yaba, Lagos Circa 1970
●The British Council Regional Library, Kano Circa 1974
● The British Council Regional Library Kaduna 1974
● British Council Library Enugu Circa 70's
Interior Design: Main Gallery
● Sneak Previews
● High Resolution Renderings
Draft 3D Interior Sneak Previews
The Main Gallery which is the focal point of the exhibition has four main floors and houses 75 years of pictorial history.
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High Resolution Interior Renders
High resolution interior renders for the main gallery floors
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Virtual Reality Development
Rendered High resolution Exterior 360 images for the Exteriors and Interiors
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The Hi-Res Images were compiled into an experience with navigation on the InstaVR platform
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Export APK for Oculus Go headset and side load into headset for viewing
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Some Hi-Res 360 Interior Renders
Takeaways
Impact:
There were over a thousand downloads on the playstore platform.
Quotes from visitors: “This is fantastic, the experience was smooth and navigation easy’’
“I enjoyed it but instead of using the controller, a look to teleport might have been better’’
What I learned:
Brainstorming sessions during the design phase is necessary to anticipate user needs. An example of this was the possibility of phobias for heights or limited movements while using the headset.
To address this revolving chairs were provided for visitors to seat in while in the VR environment.
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