Wovenhome

The Coffeeshop

A VR experience created for the band Wovenhome

About Interactive Music Video Experiences

A course at RIT that brings together art, design, computer science, and more to create experiences in collaboration with local musicians.

In 2024, I joined a team of Nathan Borkholder, Caroline Robbins, and Jack Connolly to create an experience for the band Wovenhome.

Learn more about the 2024 projects

Meet Wovenhome

They describe themselves as "five friends weaving eclectic sounds and voices to inspire dance and reflection." A band local to Rochester, NY, they use a blend of traditional instruments like ngoni and jaw harps mixed with synths to bring their beautiful, soothing sound to life.

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Creating the Coffeeshop

The Wovenhome Coffeeshop is a short and relaxing VR experience developed in Unreal Engine 5. There are four locations to explore, and in each one a different Wovenhome song plays.

Coffeeshop

Summer Rain

Soothing and sweet, this song is the perfect complement to a cup of coffee.

Photo Album

Totumo

All about memories, this song leads you to take a trip back to the past.

Jungle

Waving Trees

Like a walk in the forest, this song encourages you to appreciate and investigate nature.

Mountaintop

Praise the Sun

This song is full of gratitude and beauty as you admire the sky over the mountains.

Coffeeshop

The first room, the Coffeeshop, is home base. Interacting with the coffee machine transports the user to the other three rooms, each associated with a different drink order.

Pick up and throw around coffee cups, order slips, and more. There are no customers right now, anyway!

Photo Album

Like an art museum, every wall of the room is covered in art and images provided by Wovenhome. Walking closer to investigate the images reveals some of them are videos.

Jungle

The largest room, walk along the stream to a waterfall or stick in the shade under a tree. There's nothing to do in here but relax, look around, and enjoy the music.

Mountaintop

Look out over the mountains in this painted environment with a custom model of Wovenhome's signature instrument, the ngoni.

The Coffeeshop Demo

The Wovenhome VR Experience was on display during Imagine RIT 2024, a campus-wide event with thousands of visitors. People of all ages were invited to don the headset as their friends and family watched on the big screen, to take a seat for a moment in the midst of a busy day.