Metro is an interactive and animated scene of a train arriving to its station, rendered in real-time in the Unity game engine. The visual theme is heavily inspired by the 1995 movie “Whisper of the Heart”, replicating the classic Japanese hand-drawn animation style. High contrast toon and edge outline shaders are used as primary techniques. The train arrives and departs upon user input or detected movement from an Xbox Kinect sensor. Part of an in-person interactive art exhibition in Gimpo, South Korea, 2023.

Render Process

Platform, Props, Background Buildings, Main Light Source

Textures, Cel Shading, Outlines, Bloom

Overview

Exhibition Installation

The project was installed as part of an introduction sequence for an in-person interactive art exhibition in Gimpo, South Korea. The virtual metro train would “arrive” when visitors were detected entering, via an Xbox Kinect sensor.

Licensing

Props (overhead electrical lines, fences, street lights, background buildings) and the wheel/underbody section of the train were brought over from veryveig’s “Blender Anime Starter Pack” assets on Gumroad. Background ambient audio was downloaded from freesound, credits to Emanuele Correani under CC BY 4.0.