Escher's Experience

About

The purpose of the Escher's Experience application is to introduce the user to the world of M. C. Escher, in particular to his artwork Relativity, through an immersive aesthetic experience enriched by a system of puzzles that add levels of challenge to the application.

How to play

Live an incredible experience by interactively exploring Escher's famous artwork Relativity!

The experience begins in a museum where it is possible to admire the main artworks of the artist and listen to their descriptions and curiosities.  The user can then literally immerse himself in Relativity by entering the painting and exploring it from different perspectives thanks to the change of gravity.  

It is also possible to interact with some scenes and solve puzzles by entering the various portals in the picture.

Controls

• WASD to move
• Mouse to rotate camera
• Left mouse button to listen to the audio guides and to interact
• Right mouse button to change gravity

Authors

The project was carried out within the Virtual Reality course provided by Polytechnic University of Turin. 

The members of the group who created the application are: 

• Giorgio Arrigo
• Stefano Calzolari
• Isabella Lombardi
• Niloofar Kazemi

Credits and assets

• Relativity model by Benoit Gagnier
• Various models from Sketchfab (Skover, AMS WORKBENCH, Jesse Roberts, Bydlo Skeleton, E.Dejnes, Neil Christensen, Paubr, Cemayhan, Prashan Yadav, UPUI University Library, Jamie McFarLane), CGTrader, Free3D
• Materials by Lex4art, GlowFox Games, Avionx
• Animations and NPCs from Mixamo
• Sounds from ZapSplat
• Audioguide from Mostra Escher
• Menu soundtrack by Benjamin Tissot

Inspirations

• Scaling mechanic inspired by Superliminal and RumpledCode 
• Portals inspired by Brackeys
• Gravity mechanic inspired by Manifold Garden