Mandjet - The Boat of Millions of Years

About

• Immersive VR film inside Luxor Temple, telling the story of Ancient Egyptian God Ra and his daily journey across the sky
• Created in Collaboration with Artist Mena Safwat

My Contributions

• XR Development
• Technical Art (Shaders & VFX)
• Editor Tool Development: Sky Creator, Story Flow,, Lightmap Blender
• Performance Optimization for standalone VR
• Developed Exhibition operator Tools: Auto-reset experience when end, hotkey for admin to reset at anytime, credits scroller
• Light Baking & Post Processing
• Experimenting with different technology, effects and co-authoring some artistic decisions

Technical Challenges Solved

• Deliverd a cinematic experience on standalone VR while maintaining smooth performance and visual quality
• Created day-night transition system that support skybox, emission material, post processing, baked lightmaps
• Developed custom shaders for seamless transition between multiple baked lighting states
• Built Scalable Editor tools to accelerate iteration during production
• Balanced visual fidelity and performance through custom rending techniques, baked lighting, targeted optimization for Quest 3
• Translated Artist vision into real-time experience while balancing performance

Behind The Scenes