Danilo Pasquariello

XRAD Remote Positioning is the first platform using WebVR in combination with AR for context-aware remote placement of any content on 3D maps and real-time visualization in the real world. I specifically worked on designing and coding the WebVR remote positioning client and editing the 3D model to ensure correct AR visualization.

This WebVR experience was designed to help teachers or mentors introduce newcomers to some basic WebVR concepts and features. I created the design concept and coded this MVP to promote Simbol, a social API for VR on the Web (currently, the Simbol project focuses on "Researching the Open Metaverse"). I also liaised with the lead developer to debug issues.

My entry for the WebVR Experience Challenge 2018 organized by Mozilla and Sketchfab, which was one of the 3 winners achieving the 3rd place. Through a series of Agile sprints, user tests, and iterations, I worked on: designing the concept, choosing the right music for the experience, casting the characters of the two teams, selecting and assigning the animations in Mixamo, tweaking the animations to be in sync with the music, importing and organizing the animations in Blender, exporting the animated 3D models to glb format, coding the A-Frame scene using HTML, setting the 3D scene in the virtual environment, writing custom components using JavaScript, merging geometries in Blender to reduce draw calls, decimating faces and vertices in Blender to improve FPS, styling the splash, the credits, and the thank you pages using CSS.