Umami

Virtual Reality

_ CLIENT

Tiny Planets

_ RELEASE

2018

_ TECHNOLOGY

Virtual Reality

Umami is a realtime VR experience and installation immersing the user into the story of a man rediscovering his memories through a series of Japanese dishes, beverages and tastes: the sweet, the sour, the bitter, the salty and the umami: the ‘delicious taste’.

As a co-producer of the project, Novelab put all its technical skills in the realization of this project (sound design – development – animation)

_Credits

_CREATED BY
Thomas Pons
Landia Egal

_GRAPHIC AUTHOR, ART DIRECTOR, 2D ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Thomas Pons

_PRODUCERS
Landia Egal
Laura Bardey

_COPRODUCER (VR Experience)
Novelab

_ANIMATOR
Amaury Guilley
Antoine David

_PROGRAMMERS
Robin Picou
Laurent Freimann
Paul Figiel

_COPRODUCER (Physical Installation)
DV Group

_NARRATIVE AUTHOR & PROJECT DIRECTOR
Landia Egal

_PRODUCER
Tiny Planets

_INTERACTION DESIGNER
Charles Ayats

_CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST
Amaury La Burthe

_3D ARTISTS
Arthur Maugendre
Guillaume Leblay

_AUDIO DESIGNER
Florent Dumas
Thomas Couchard

AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

The user embodies a character digesting his own life through a phenomenon known as Madeleine de Proust.

Through his interactions with the dishes memories arise unintentionally, breaking the dichotomy between present and past and taking him into an incredible journey.

GASTRONOMY, DREAMS & MEMORIES

In a world blending present time, gastronomy, dreams and memories, the restaurant progressively evolves with the story to become an execution room, leaving the user with an aftertaste as durable as the umami present in his meal.