Sherpa

the helping hands of the Himalaya

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About

Four players start a journey helping their tourists climb a mountain. During the game, they receive support from real Sherpas, whoalso tell stories about their daily life. A journey about exploring and getting to know the local culture, on a plexiglass installationcombining VR technology and projection mapping.

Duration: 12-15 min | Format: Interactive Installation with Projection Mapping and HTC Vive Technology | Genre: Nonfiction Interactive Installation

the Team

Installation

The plexiglas surface, with projectors inside the installation makes it possible to interact in 360°

Intuitive

With the newest HTC Vive technology, we achieve a precise tracking for an easy to use control

Documentary

Through interviews from real trekking guides, the players get to know more about the daily life in the Himalaya.

Multiplayer

Players block the way from others, not only digitally but also physically. The players can decide if they want to be considerate or not.

VR WITHOUT HMD

To stimulate the feeling of a mountaineer and the awe of an enormous mountain we decided to build a big construction, on the surface of which we project the content of the game. To give the user as much freedom as possible to move in space and on the same time make the game easy to use, we choose the HTC Vive Technology. Because of the precise position tracking, we can guarantee an accurate 360 degree interaction with all mountain sides. Furthermore, the wireless interaction improves the immersion by far, while the use of projection eliminates the side effect of the user being isolated and creates a multiplayer experience instead.

Exhibitions

Official Selection

Immersive Pavilion Siggraph 2018

Official Selection

Fantoche 2019

Exhibition

FMX 2019

Tendi owns a travelagency and works more than 20 years in the tourism field. He is married, has two children and explains how to bring the best trekking experience to clients, even if they're not able to trek.

Tendi Sherpa (45)

Anup started to be a city guide and talks about his experiences as a trekking guide.

Anup Adhikari (27)

Sushant started his new travelagency "Random Adventures" and explains the differences between "Quality and Quantity Tourism".

Shushant Dahal (28)

Sareena is a single mom with two children and talks about her job as "female trekking guide". She adresses the media for being more educative for tourists, so that the Himalaya doesn't look like a walk in a parc.

Sareena Rai (43)

Team

Direction & Code	Christian Greitmann
Art Direction	Martin Kögel
Producer	Dimosthenis Gkantzos
Sounddesign	Patrick Kuhn Botelho
Animation	Maike Koller
	Nora Back
Set Design	Benjamin Maier
Set Design Assistance	Arne Hain
Interviewer	Tobias Volz
	Pradeep Gurung
DOP	Sebastian Ingenfeld
Schnitt	Alex Schuster
Musik	Benedikt Immerz
	Andreas Skandy
Add. Programming	Julian Oberbeck
Add. SFX	Elias Kremer
Dialogue Editor	Raquel Caro Nuñez
Interviews	Tendi Sherpa
	Anup Adhikari
	Shushant Dahal
	Sareena Rai

Produced as part of the subject area Interactive Media at the Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg as part of their VR NOW Initiative.

Sherpa