BirdsEye

Intended as a culmination of both GIS and Visualization, this mechanical concept demo made for my graduate capstone project has the player traversing a spatially-warped landscape with the assistance of a controllable portal anomaly overhead. In doing so, the player is encouraged to create a deeper, more fully developed mental map of the area, incorporating both their own first-person perspective as well as the BirdsEye's overhead third-person perspective at the same time. Research done for this project also incorporates research into real-world parallels on spatial perception and navigation, focusing on the use of camera drones to act as a simultaneous extra dimension of area awareness in difficult terrain (for example, during disaster response efforts).