Optay Studios helped develop a series of e-learning products for Aurora Studios. Each product is an interactive simulation designed to give the learner a more immersive experience than they would get from a textbook or lecture. The products make extensive use of video and audio and are SCORM compliant for integration with common LMS platforms.
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Feisty Galaxies is an HTML5 game created to showcase the Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) codec. The game makes use of the Web Audio API and WebGL (thanks to the three.js library). It was produced under the direction of Luxurious Animals who supplied all the visual and audio assets for the project.
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Fixed a bug with the new save data format that was corrupting dates.
The Timer Thing is a javascript time tracking application. It was built as an alternative to spreadsheets for logging time. It is pure HTML5; there is no back-end component. All data is stored in the browser’s local storage.
My chromatic tuner started misbehaving after a battery leak, and rather than agree with its assessment that every sound was B4, I decided to replace it with a software tuner. I found a wonderful fast-fourier spectrum analyzer and set about modifying it to suit my purposes. I used the technique of combining harmonics to identify the fundamental frequency as described in a paper by Mary Lourde R. and Anjali Kuppayil Saji. I also added a noise-sampling feature, some low-frequency attenuation, and a nice display.
This robot character was created for some rigging and animation experiments. All the animation has been done by hand using video references.
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The Seattle Go Center needed to update its aging site. The old site was not particularly attractive and could not be updated without the help of the admin. They hired Susan Wells to create a new design incorporating their logo. Optay Studios took that design and made a responsive WordPress template based on it. The new site can easily be edited directly by the Go Center staff.
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When Flash ruled the web, Aurora DVD (now Aurora Studios) hired Optay Studios to create site elements for Empire Vision Centers. Optay Studios built the main site navigation using Flash and created animated title cards with logos of featured product lines.
Two Flash mini-apps were featured on the site. The “Lifestyle Lens Finder” recommended eyeglass lenses for different uses. The “Frame Styling” tool recommended frames to complement the shape of your face.
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The Noble Gas Laboratory at the University of Miami needed to update their old website. Optay Studios created a simple, clean design for the new site. All the content was reformatted under clear headings, figures were organized in a simple pop-up window, and abstracts and graphical project information were all reformatted to match the new design.
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Creative Narrations worked with the Somerville Community Corporation and the Somerville Arts Council to create a 5′ by 6′ hand-drawn map of the East Somerville community. This map includes landmarks, survey data, photographs, and audio recordings. Optay Studios was hired to create an interactive, online version of this map.
The online version of the map was built with Flash. It features an interactive legend that allows users to show and hide items on the map. It also contains all of the information in the original hand-made map including audio clips, photographs, survey data, and landmarks. The website containing the map was also designed and built by Optay Studios. The project is still accessible in the SCC’s archives, but the map content has been removed.
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