A DIGITAL IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION
"Be enchanted by a world of colour, curiosity and culture when you find yourself in Empress Joséphine’s Garden.
Empress Joséphine's Garden is a modern, immersive large screen digital experience exploring the little-known story of Empress Joséphine Bonaparte’s garden in Paris. Discover how it was filled with flora and fauna from around the globe, including black swans, kangaroos, emus and hundreds of exotic plants from Western Australia. "
As Creative Director, I developed the exhibition and visitor experience, working closely with my team at AGB from script and design, through to production and delivery. The exhibition contains multiple immersive rooms, large scale 360º media with a narration led story and musical score.
Company: AGB Creative
Debut Venue: Western Australian Maritime Museum
AN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
"Discover an immersive digital experience featuring stunning projections and high-speed cinematography of Australia's wildlife. It's not just an exhibition; it's a revolutionary cinematic journey where cutting-edge technology brings the untamed beauty of Australian wildlife right before your eyes."
As Creative Director at AGB Creative, I created and developed the experience, working closely with my team at AGB from design through to production and delivery. The exhibition contains high-speed wildlife cinematography and a documentary, as well as interactive floor and real-time virtual world exploration.
Company: AGB Creative
Sydney Venue: Fever Pavilion, Sydney Showground
Partners: Australian Museum, Sea Life Sydney, Hills Wildlife Sanctuary & Oakvale Wildlife Park
https://creaturesofaustralia.com/sydney/
Celebrating the launch of LG's InstaView fridge with MoodUP™ LED colour panels that can change to suit your vibe - MoodUP by LG is an interactive and immersive activation that was showcased at Sydney’s annual Vivid Festival in 2023.
Zebrar, in partnership with Omnicom Media Group, designed and produced an immersive activation inspired by LG's MoodUP technology. Captivating dynamic particle sequences were displayed on a wrap-around LED wall, while docents used a custom tablet app to guide guests and trigger interactive experiences. Using Unity and skeletal tracking, guest movements influenced real-time particle behavior based on mood-related questions.
The experience culminated in a celebration moment that was captured with a 360º camera, and guests were immediately able to receive their video by scanning a digital QR code, as well as collect their personalised itinerary for Vivid - based on their specific mood as per their movement/answers in the tunnel.
Production: Zebrar
Agency: Omnicom Media Group
Client: LG x Vivid
In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, Hershey’s Great Candy Expedition, the first fully immersive, interactive experience of its kind in North America that incorporates all five senses, will take visitors of all ages through an exploration of colorful candy worlds inspired by Hershey’s beloved brands.
My role on this attraction - as Creative Director at Spinifex - was to lead the design and development of the theme, physical space, interactions, content and film. I worked with environmental and graphic designers to shape the look and guest journey of the space - as well as artists and writers on the script, concept art character development, projection approach, sound design and music direction.
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Production: Spinifex Group
Client: Hershey’s
Led the development, design and production of all digital, interactive and content activations for Salesforce’s largest annual event - Dreamforce.
Client: Salesforce
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
Visa’s Innovation Center in San Francisco was completely redesigned in 2019 with a focus on the latest technologies and innovative experiences for their clients, to tell the story of “the past, present and future of payments.”
• RFID Digital Landscaping
• Mobile Guide/Guest Support
• IoT
• Digital Mirror
• Projection Tracking
• Virtual Shopping
• AR Wayfinding
• Interactive Ecosystem
Client: VISA
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
Developed and created a series of digital, interactive and media based activations for Salesforce’s largest annual event - Dreamforce.
• Dome Projections
• Single + Multi-player Arcade Games
• Physical/Digital Table Top
• Supporting Media + Content
Client: Salesforce
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
IBM has been the official technology partner of the US Open since 1990, providing scores, stats and insight to tennis fans across the world. In 2018, we wanted to raise awareness for how integral the brand’s technology is to tournament operations and for enhancing fan enjoyment of the game – and ultimately, how the same technology is being used to change the world.
Combining abstract tennis iconography, artful data visualizations and interactive games, the 2018 IBM Fan Experience showed fans how IBM uses artificial intelligence (Watson) to see, hear and understand emotion – capturing and delivering exciting moments and in-depth match insight, and ultimately improving the game experience.
Fans could test Watson’s abilities through a 3-part interactive challenge, and learn how this same technology is being used to address complex world issues, from identifying problems with cars and trains to diagnosing and treating cancer.
Results:
Total visitors: 7,113
1000+ hours of engagement
WINNER: 2019 Bronze Clio
Client: IBM
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
Gulfstream’s global 2021 launch of the G400 and G800 - in-person and global broadcast.
As Creative Director, I developed and led on-screen content as well as a green screen shoot and VFX for the CEO of Gulfstream. Unreal Engine was used for digital real-time environments as well as aircraft visualisations.
Client: Gulfstream
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital/Content Agency: Spinifex Group
Learn how you can unlock more value with Red Hat Marketplace offerings, powered by IBM. You will have the opportunity to explore a world of ‘more’ by unlocking information behind different doors.
A real-time web environment where users are immersed in the Redhat marketplace. A combination of Unity real-time environments and traditional 2D animation brings to life core use-cases based on industry needs.
Client: Redhat/IBM
Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
In 2021, IBM’s flagship annual global event went virtual. Live broadcast keynotes, sessions, guest speakers and breakouts all streamed globally for multiple timezones.
My role as CD was to direct a team of editors and artists in managing incoming footage, editing, packaging, animation and delivery of streaming and VOD content. I also oversaw the CEO keynote including green screen 3D and graphics package.
Client: IBM
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital/Content Agency: Spinifex Group
Two Dome installations were the central focus point of the Plan Jericho Stem area at the Avalon Air Show 2019. The 15m dome told the story of a young girl who wants to fly and was the largest projection dome seen in Australia, made interactive through a series of touch tablets. The 8m dome told the story of Plan Jericho- the technology creating our 5th Generation defence force.
Results:
Total visitors: 171,830
Largest Dome projection in Australia
Client: Avalon Airshow
Agency: House of Kitch
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
The first online quantum computing virtual experience to dive into how data sent to a quantum computer for processing travels through the cloud and the various elements of IBM Quantum, ultimately sending back simulations and solutions to your personal laptop. This story is set against high resolution renders of the visually stunning quantum system.
www.ibm.com/events/activations-quantum/
Client: IBM
Event Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
A cinematic, immersive experience produced for IBM and debuted at Think 2019. Created in Unity & Unreal Engine, the film was displayed on a geo-sphere projection housed in a custom-built, branded theatre room - VR Ready.
Client: IBM
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
CES 2019 - A highly immersive, customer-centric brand experience, demonstrating how Harman’s technologies amplify the way we live, work and commute in the near and distant future.
Attendees could tour the Automotive Operations Center (AOC), the central hub that housed demos featuring professional actors to provide an engaging behind-the-scenes look at all of HARMAN’s integrated solutions.
Scripted, immersive experiences networked with Harman’s technology built into physical vehicle bucks that allowed presenters and performers to showcase a day in the life - powered by Harman.
Client: HARMAN
Agency: George P Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
Ripple Effect is a responsive brand impact story showcasing IBM’s ability to create smarter businesses, visualizing the ripples of impact individuals have across an organization. A wave of mouse cursor - or hand gesture over webcam - launches layer upon layer on the value of empowering people to enact change within their organization.
https://www.ibm.com/events/activations-ripple-effect/
Client: IBM
Event Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
IBM Think City adds interactivity to smart industry stories. Pairing a mobile device with computer, the user completes mini-challenges illustrating IBM technology solutions to unlock animated content diving deeper into the impact of those technologies across ports, manufacturing, living, and emergency response.
https://www.ibm.com/events/activations-think-city/
Client: IBM
Event Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
IBM Emerge Smarter is a browser-based interactive experience that demonstrates business disruptions and how IBM services and solutions can help to navigate and overcome them.
https://www.ibm.com/events/activations-emerge-smarter/
Client: IBM
Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
At the peak of Covid, Visa’s San Francisco Innovation Center needed a way to engage its clients remotely. We developed a virtual solution that allowed multiple guests to join a premium, hosted experience that was brand centric, persona led and solutions focused.
Using streaming tools, and custom brand content environments, we enabled Visa and it’s clients/customers to meet and explore business and fintech solutions directly, in a controlled and personalized ecosystem.
Guests were also able to pair their personal device through a QR code, and interact with Visa’s innovation story through web sockets catered to their business needs.
Client: VISA
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
As the experience design & strategy consultant for Salesforce San Francisco, I collaborated with my strategy team to reimagine the guest experience and organizational alignment for Salesforce’s global Innovation centers across the US, Europe, and Australia.
By focusing on creating a holistically unifying creative vision that could adapt content and storytelling for timeliness and regional relevance, I led the team in crafting how this experiential vision manifests across centers of varying sizes and volume, developing the framework and creative plan for a uniquely SIC experience inside Salesforce.
Client: Salesforce
Agency: Spinifex Group
A dynamic micro-site recognizing the best and brightest sales force at Adobe’s annual [virtual] sales kick off event.
• Region Filtering
• Individual Search
• Social Support
Client: Adobe
Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
A 3-day adventure game tests Workday’s sales teams on their skills and knowledge. Each day introduced new challenges from single player, versus mode as well as team collaboration - players progressed through the game by collecting bonus skills and answering a variety of format trivia.
Client: Workday
Agency: George P. Johnson
Digital Agency: Spinifex Group
With his psychotic father having betrayed him, silver-tongued Skinny is thrown into hiding. Even though the entire town is out to find him, Skinny focuses his attention on the only person he can trust, Zophia. But when a mysterious man exposes a link to Zophia's past, the two new friends must work together and survive the onslaught brought on them, by not only Guy Skinford, but also a now half-faced Kovak.
Written and Directed by: Nik Kacevski
Executive Producers: George Kacevski, Tess Meyer, Enzo Tedeschi, Antoine Disle
Distributor: Blackpills, Rockzeline
Available on: Stan Australia
It was supposed to be so simple. You do a job, you make the meet, you get paid. As an experienced flipper, Jimmy "Skinny" Skinford knows the protocol all too well. Having said that, being kidnapped and forced to dig your own grave will spanner the nicest of deals in the sharpest of ways. But his fortune turns when a push of his dead mans shovel unearths the opportunity of a life time; a woman, buried but still breathing, who just can't seem to die. Her mysterious gift extends to others through touch and in her company Skinny launches head first into a scheme of unparalleled mayhem. Coming face to face with the most depraved deviates of the criminal underworld, Skinny will have to pay his dues in order to make the meet, get his pay-load and have his chance at immortality. But this gift horse comes with plans of her own, and dark consequences that threaten to sever Skinny's world piece by piece.
Format: Feature Film/Digital Series
Written and Directed by: Nik Kacevski
Producers: George Kacevski, Tess Meyer, Enzo Tedeschi,
Distributor: Blackpills, Rockzeline
Available on: Stan Australia & Prime Video US/UK
Hidden Valley is an immersive web experience that showcases real-time 3D workflow for high fidelity virtual worlds and metaverse creation tools.
Digital photo-scanning pipeline to achieve high quality 3D real-time environments.
Browser-based publishing for broad audience reach
Seamless distribution across VR headset, desktop and mobile devices
Responsive user interface
Company: Zebrar
Experience Link: hvalley.zebrar.net
A multi award-winning VR sci-fi film exploring our relationship with technology and its influence on our reality.
Remember tells the story of a young woman who is trying to find the memory of a lost loved one in a “virtual memory re-creation software”.
Winner Best VR:
Seoul Webfest (2018)
Shorts International (2018)
Official Selection:
New Media Film Festival (2017)
Phillip K Dick Sci-Fi Festival (2017)
Dublin Web Fest (2017)
Hollyshorts IFF (2017)
Showcased:
Fantasia IFF (2016)
MIFF (2017), Edinburgh IFF (2017)
Berlinale Berlin IFF (2017)
SciFi London (2017)
Kaleidoscope
Co-Production: The Pulse Originals | Lens Immersive
You set out to hunt down and find the long-lost treasure in the Honeycomb Caves. Mystified, you and your intrepid crew push forward through the catacombs, determined to find the treasure; and the secret that pulses at the heart of it all.
The Pulse Originals
In partnership with: Flying Bark Production
Represented By:
keleidoscope vr
For centuries our skies have been terrorised by a cruel and ruthless scourge… pirates. Their relentless greed has stripped our resources to dangerously low levels. If ever there was a time for heroic deeds, it’s now. We need you to get aboard the their flying pirate ship and retrieve our much needed resources. But beware, a terrifying beast of unimaginable fury born of the storm itself lurks in the clouds, attacking and destroying all who come within its reach. You’re our only hope!
The Pulse Originals
Represented By:
keleidoscope vr
In a world where the sun never sets, Humans and Ashen co-exist in a constant state of tension and ill ease. The Humans, once keepers of a great society have made questionable decisions that have forced them to move deep underground in order to survive, away from the withering heat above. The Ashen, a superior race unmatched by humans in speed and strength, in contrast, have used their inherited wisdom of the years and natural order to help them thrive in the harshness of the conditions above the ground. When Dying Ice, a precious mineral used to cool the inhabitants of this world, is used in a trade for a noble Ashen girl, a betrayal is revealed that will throw this world into the beginnings of a war.
