Seinfeld's Apartment in 3D

Seinfeld's Apartment in 3D
Originally posted on: February 25, 2014

⚠️ Note: This post is over 10 years old. It was originally published on February 25, 2014. It may contain outdated information on my skills, or reflect my views at that time, which could differ from my current perspectives.

As I wrote about earlier, I recently got an Oculus Rift. Because the current version isn't consumer-ready, it's marketed as a developer prototype. As such, Oculus currently includes a 6 month free trial of the Unity game engine so developers can start creating content right away. I got my Oculus mainly to play with, but I am a developer at heart so I couldn't resist coming up with an idea. I wanted a gradual introduction to Unity - something that wouldn't require a lot of coding.

I came up with the idea of recreating a popular television show's set as if it were a real place. You could enter the show in virtual reality and experience what it would be like to visit a place that only exists in Hollywood studios and our imaginations.

Because Seinfeld is one of my favorite shows, and an American classic I thought it would be fitting to recreate Jerry's apartment in it's entirety. It took about 2 months but with about a 3 week break in the middle. It was a a lot of work and A LOT of modeling. In the end, it was a very fun project and completely worth it. For more information, you can visit my official site for the project, www.jerrysplacevr.com. Below are a sequence of in-progress renders I saved after each days work.

Seinfeld's Apartment in 3D


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