The Lost Language

About

Ever wished museum hieroglyphs could speak back to you?
“The Lost Language” is an immersive XR experience that lets users interact, write, listen, and learn the foundations of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics in a magical and intuitive way✨
This Demo was developed in just 2 weeks for XRCC 2025
(actually 1st week I had my exams so most work done in only 1 week)
Had Great time working with Mostafa Hemeida, a talented 3D modeller / VR develoer

Hand Tracking Writing System with custom ink shader and accurate pen writing to mimic the feeling of writing with ink on papyrus
Magic Swipe Translation using the Hand Gesture feature in Meta SDK, swipe on aper to reveal translation or swipe over "cartouche" to hear pronunciation
Ancient Tablet acts as Hieroglyphic keyboard that pronounce each letter as it spawns to help better understand the different sounds
Immersive Magical Atmosphere custom VFX, shaders, lighting and sound to make learning feel mystical

Unity and Meta SDK
custom VR interactions and hand gestures
SO architecture to define relations between different hieroglyphs, words and transliteration
Complex System for Hieroglyhpic translation & Grouping built from scratch and was a good challenge to test my skills

Designing a dynamic system that understand heiroglyph direction, stacking, resizing, grouping and reading logic
Learning Hieroglyphic fundamentals in just 2 weeks to design meaningful mechanics
Creating engagging and accurate hand tracking interactions
Filming our first ever cinematic trailer acting + shooting + editing in very limited

Delivering a polished submission despite massive pivots and unexpected challenges
How much we learned about Ancient Egyptian Language and culture
Building a robust backend system that most users never see but everything relies on
small visual touches: shaders, lighting, particles, that made the world feel alive