John Waters AR

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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John Waters AR

Swap styles with some of John Waters' most iconic and irreverent characters.

Bluecadet collaborated with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to build a one-of-a-kind face-swapping AR experience to accompany a retrospective on John Waters’ transgressive cult filmography.


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Explore John Waters AR

Step Into John Water's World

Digital Woodblock

First, visitors can use hands-on tools to carve their own “woodblock,” then create virtual “impressions” of their design in projected light with different colors, patterns, and other attributes.


Characters

One of the most significant challenges in building the app was preserving the authenticity of John Waters’ work and characters; Waters himself even played a vital role as a stakeholder in approving the app.

It was essential to create a realistic 3D facsimile of each character with attention to the most nuanced details, all built within the capabilities of 3D modeling and AR.


Accessibility

In true John Waters fashion, we made sure that the app was open and accessible to anyone interested in expressing their wild side. In addition to developing a highly-performant browser-based app, we also developed a ‘Non-AR’ mode which allowed users to view each character as a mannequin bust.

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