Part of a mixed reality presentation for Verizon’s keynote at CES on the future of 5G connectivity, this CG film by UK director/designer Douglas Bowden (aka Pandayoghurt) parallels the theme of blending physical and digital worlds.

Douglas Bowden: “The challenge was to find unique ways to represent nature without relying on the obvious cliches, then finding ways of manipulating them to feel like they were being affected by data or in turn affecting the data itself.

“Pulling apart a static object like a tree or rock helped convey the energy of the data. This resulted in a new unexpected form, which absorbs and creates new energy.

“Also, altering the texture of something organic and modifying it to be something synthetic was a way of challenging the perspective of its inherent material properties.”
 

 
Director/animator: Douglas Bowden

Audio: YDP