Wenjing Liu

I Feel Soft

An experiment of augmenting tactile senses with AR.

Tools: Unity, Vuforia

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heywenjingliu@gmail.com

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What does Apple mean to a bat?

A VR experience of being a bat in Time Square

Tools: Unity, VRTK, Oculus Rift, Cinema4D

I Passed By Where You Lived

Inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, it is a series of generative postcards from a bot describing non-existent cities in first person point of view.

Tools: Python

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100 Days of 3D Design

Make something 3D in Blender or Unity everyday.

Tools: Blender, Unity

Valid Post Translator

A Chrome extension that can detects sensitive words in your post based on a crowd-sourced database and replace it with random words.

Tools: HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Mirror of Breath

A meditation tool that can "breathe along" with users.

Tools: Arduino, Programmable Air, Sewing Machine

The Wind Catcher

A sound performance using wind as instrument.

Tools: Ableton, Nano BLE 33, Lavalier microphones, electric fans

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All Connecting

A real-time video installation that projects all the data packet emitted and received while the performer is browsing the Internet.

Collaborators: Stefan Skripak and Yiting Liu

Tools: Processing, Syphon, MadMapper

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The Emergency of Existing

An emergency sign of existing.

Tools: Arduino, Laser Cutter, Illustrator

Neither a Square nor a Circle

A musical instrument that explores the transition between clarity and ambiguity.

Tools: Ableton, MaxMsp, Nano BLE 33, Accelerometer

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For the Farewell of Mankind

A pregnancy advice test based user’s DNA data through 23AndMe API.
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Collaborated with Shu-Ju Lin, 2018

Tools: ESP 32, 23andMe API

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Finger Is The New Leg (Web)

How fast you can run with your finger? In this web game, you run by tapping and change speed by changing facial expression.
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Collaborated with Dreamy Sun

Tools: Three.js, Node.js, WebSocket, HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Documentation WIP

Finger Is The New Leg

A treadmill help you train your fingers for better phone scrolling experience.

Collaborated with Chengtao Yi

Tools: Maker Zero, LCD Scree, Conductive yarn

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Sonic Mahjong

A sound installation that plays with randomness.

Tools: MaxMsp, Laser Cutter

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Moiré Turntable

Moiré Turntable is a device inspired by traditional record players. It plays not only sound recordings, but also moiré animations.
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Collaborated with Ada Jiang, Sid Chou

Tools: CNC, Laser Cutter, 3D printer

What does Apple mean to a bat?

Inspired by Thomas Nagel's What Is It Like To Be A Bat?, this VR piece allows users to be a bat wondering around Time Square. Users make sounds to echolocate and interact with the environment.
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Tools: Unity Game Engine, VRTK, Oculus Rift, Cinema 4D

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100 Days of Virtual Theatre

Practice 3D storytelling skills in 100 days.
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Tools: Cinema4D, Unity

I Passed By Where You Lived

Inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, it is a series of generative postcards from a bot describing non-existent cities in first person point of view.

Tool: Python

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Valid Post Translator

A Chrome extension that can replace the sensitive words in your post on social media with some random words, which can be translated back by other users if the extension is installed.

Tools: JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Moire Turntable

Inspired by traditional record players, the Moire Turntable plays not only sound recordings, but also moiré animations.

Tools: CNC, laser cutter, Illustrator
Collaborated with Ada Jiang & Sid Chou