“High end tech with a lo-fi aesthetic”
2020 was tough on everyone, and workers at Rio Tinto’s Tom Price Mine were not exempt. The Viewport team created a VR app to provide miners and their families some much needed connection. An uplifting experience that kept everybody safe. As part of their meticulous effort to uphold safety standards, Rio Tinto’s annual Family Day was another luxury that had to be foregone in 2020. We seasoned our high end tech with some lo-fi touches, keeping the user interface (UI) simple and intuitive; always a top priority at Viewport. In this instance it served to create a personable feel to engage people of all ages.
Any item can be created in a virtual world, size is no barrier. Our process creates a visual flow that avoids repetitive patterns, making user experience (UX) more realistic. We made a digital twin of the mine site and rendered it in cardboard. Then we put this cardboard copy (see what we did there?) into a VR app. Instead of bringing families to the mine, we put the mine into family pockets. Now they can take their loved ones everywhere.
