Toto’s Tours

Toto’s Tours is a spinoff of TravelAR and was developed for the Google Immersive Geospatial Challenge. The project focuses on guided AR tours of new places that users would like to explore with an added element of gamification. On these tours, users encounter different NPCs and information boards that provide location-relevant information such as history, culture, food recommendations, attractions, etc. Throughout their adventures, users are also given a quest to complete and earn their travel badge.

Overview

AR Designer, 3D Modeler

Role

Tools

Adobe Aero

Timeline

November 2023

Design process

Our design process for building out this AR experience was as follows:

  1. Started off with brainstorming the initial concept, character designs, and mapping out the storyline that would take place at each of the key spots for our chosen destination.

  2. Modeled the characters, textboxes, information boards, and other assets in Blender, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

  3. Uploaded and placed our custom assets in Adobe Aero using Google’s Geospatial Creator. We also added animations and subtle interactions to each of the assets to bring the NPCs and story to life

Final Design