This is some footage of our third prototype, which is exploring major and minor music.

Lyraflo is a pitch project that I co-founded with four other of my classmates at the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center. The pitch concept began in April 2021, and we went through two rounds of pitches with the ETC faculty before being approved to begin project development in the Fall 2021 Semester.

It all began with a question - how can we use the VR space to introduce guests to basic elements of music theory? How can we leverage interactivity, visualizations, and dynamic music to convey music principles?

Since August, we have been building a series of prototypes exploring the intersection between music theory, visualizations, and interactivity in Virtual Reality. Our experience goal has been to foster musical curiosity and enable guests to emerge from the experience with a desire to ask musical questions; to examine music in a more critical way.

As Producer, I have learned how to lead a team, facilitate team dynamics, maintain product vision, and create a creatively conducive and harmonious environment where the team feels comfortable and excited to explore and create.

As one of our sound designers, I have had the opportunity to work with another sound designer on our team, Yuji Sato, and together, navigate a collaborative sonic pipeline where we make and implement sounds and music using FMOD.

The project has been enriching, as it has given me more experience exploring the VR space, a better understanding of how sound, interactivity, and environment can be married to produce an immersive experience, and a deeper reverence for how experiences can be transformational.