Mike Tucker is an Interactive director, designer, and prototyper who works at Magic Leap. His work involves working with spatial computing to create intriguing and captivating designs. I really enjoyed watching his Eyeo talk, I think he did a great job demonstrating his designs to the audience. His use of VR and other mediums is very impressive. I found his work to feel very futuristic. His work also reminds me of Artechouse and Arcadia. While reading his resume, I saw that he worked with Kanye West to make a video game called “Only One” based on Kanye’s mother. http://encyclopediapictura.com/kanye-west/ When looking at the graphics I was very impressed. I know Kanye was very close with his mother, and I think Tucker did a great job at capturing Kanye’s mother in a beautiful and vibrant light. It’s unfortunate that this video game never went into production because I think this is such a cool way to memorialize a dead loved one. Kanye West’s music is very good at taking listeners to another place, to see Tucker enhance that experience with his visual components was very impressive. Another part of the talk that I found impressive was when Tucker was talking about how he is using this technology to help visually impaired people. I am always impressed when people can use art in ways that make the world more accessible to people who need it. Tucker’s work has audio and visual components that work together to create immersive experiences for users.
I was impressed to find out that Tucker creates a lot of his designs in Unity. I am taking a class on virtual avatars this semester, and we used Unity to animate a walk sequence for our avatars. I am now intrigued to learn more about how Unity can be used to create such captivating visual experiences.
