Jason Walters

Details

Meet the one and only Kung Fu Panda in a unique Mixed Reality encounter where the Dragon Warrior himself, takes time out of his Kung Fu training to teach you some meditative moves. Follow Po's lead using your whole body to copy his moves. Learn all the meditative patterns, with some helpful coaxing by Po and achieve a moment of tranquility atop the misty mountains in the Valley of Peace.

As lead developer, I was in charge of designing and implementing the architecture, app features and wiring up studio assets while collaborating closely with creative, development and studio teams to ensure a seamless and engaging interactive experience.

Client

NBC Universal, Dreamworks

Partner

Nexus Studios

Created

2024

App Stores

Apple

Role

Lead Developer, Interactive Artist

Technology

Swift, RealityKit, ARKit, Xcode, visionOS

Platforms

Apple Vision Pro

Hand Tracking

For the Tai-Chi sequences, I utilized Apple's ARKit framework to capture user hand data and compared the player's hand movements against those of Po.







Animation

I designed a comprehensive character animation feature to manage and blend over 40 unique animations for Po. Animations were then triggered via the current states and sometimes responding to player data.

AppStructure

I developed a stateful AppStructure utilizing Apple's GameKit framework along with independent, modular features. I also developed a suite of utility classes of common tasks and mathematical operations.