Astral Sigh | Portfolio Site of Bryan Zhang

Portfolio

World in a Cell - VR
An art-science collaboration piece developed with the WbML and Bridge Institute at USC. A linear VR journey through the protein interactions within a pancreatic beta cell. Demo downloadable at: https://astralsigh.itch.io/world-in-a-cell-demo
GLocal Garden
XR Brain Jam 2021 Special Recognition: Product Potential. Mobile AR project aimed at engaging youths with planting, cultivating and sharing AR gardens, crops and recipes.
AIA Los Angeles: 2x8 - Domum
Virtual architecture exhibit, built in Unity and hosted + linked to the 2x8.org website in 2020. Showcased student drawings and models in a navigable abstract space. Demo viewable at: https://astralsigh.itch.io/2x8-domum
AIA Los Angeles: 2x8 - Invisible Cities
Organized and participated in a hackathon resulting in the creation of five distinct VR pieces remixing student architecture work from AIA Los Angeles' yearly exhibition 2x8
Forest
Immersive painting VR experience, drawn in Quill; featured at SXSW 2019
Sankofa City
360 VR experience exploring cultural memory of Leimert Park
The Hidden
Transmedia (AR+film) piece telling the story of a Syrian girl seeking the world of Jinn
Block'hood
A vertical city-building game with an emphasis on ecology.
The Leviathan Project
An AR + VR worldbuilding installation piece featured @ Sundance New Frontiers 2016
Cardamom
Interactive musical game where a cat explores the lives of three people in the same apartment
The Green Ward
Personal graduate thesis game portraying the experience of a teenage cancer patient.