Method and system for creating programmable, licensable, and customizable digital artworks and assets with interconnected custom manufactured physical objects
View Patent ↗Systems and methods are detailed for generating customizable and licensable digital assets and artworks for unique physical object creation, branded merchandising, and digital experiences. A digital model and corresponding digital environment are controlled mathematically and parametrically to produce digital assets that are production ready for manufacturing both in three-dimensional and two-dimensional processes. Viewpoints and video loops of the digital model in its digital environment are used for fly-through image capture while, at the same time, variable-controlled geometric transformations and colorways are applied to the digital model and environment to create endless compositions that are copyrighted and licensable artworks. The image capture, or keyframes, are combined to create videos and animations of the digital model and its environment. Yielding from this interdependence and interconnectivity of physical objects and their digital counterparts are the designs and production files that are delivered to the owner(s) for manufacturing.
1. A method for creating and interacting with an interconnected physical and digital experience, comprising:
creating a video of a 3D digital model by:
designing the 3D digital model and a surrounding digital environment of the physical object and verifying that the design is producible with current manufacturing technology;
manipulating the 3D digital model within the digital environment and identifying multiple vantage points of interest;
developing a palette of colors and/or material textures that apply to the 3D digital model and the digital environment;
configuring a set of geometric relationships, translations, and transformations applicable to the 3D digital model, palette of color and/or material textures; and
capturing thousands or more of sequential image files by moving between the identified vantage points of interest while applying the configured set of geometric relation, translations, and transformations, and creating the video from the sequential image files;
manufacturing a physical object based on the 3D digital model;
creating a first digital experience point including the video and one or more links to further digital experience points;
creating multiple further digital experience points wherein each further digital experience point includes one of the thousands or more image files and links to zero or more further digital experience points;
deploying a digital experience object at a network accessible location wherein the digital experience object includes the first digital experience point and each further digital experience point reachable by following links originating from the first digital experience object;
providing at least one access code to the digital experience object with the manufactured physical object, wherein each access code is a QR code or an URL;
associating owner configurable license rights with each digital experience point, wherein access rights of a specific digital experience point are configurable between public access, limited access to one or more specific users, or limited to a specific number of users;
uploading additional digital content to one of the further digital experience points;
creating a new further experience point linked to one of the further digital experience points, and uploading additional digital content to the new further experience point; and
manufacturing a consumer product with a physical design applying the image file of one of the further digital experience points.
2. A method for creating and interacting with an interconnected physical and digital experience, comprising:
creating a video of a 3D digital model;
manufacturing a physical object based on the 3D digital model;
creating thousands or more image files from individual frames of the video;
creating a first digital experience point including the video and one or more links to further digital experience points;
deploying a digital experience object at a network accessible location wherein the digital experience object includes the first digital experience point and each further digital experience point reachable by following links originating from the first digital experience object; and
providing at least one access code to the digital experience object with the manufactured physical object.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein creating a video further comprises:
designing the 3D digital model and a surrounding digital environment of the physical object and verifying that the design is producible with current manufacturing technology;
manipulating the 3D digital model within the digital environment and identifying multiple vantage points of interest;
developing a palette of colors and/or material textures that apply to the 3D digital model and the digital environment;
configuring a set of geometric relationships, translations, and transformations applicable to the 3D model and digital environment, palette of color and/or material textures; and
capturing the video by moving between the identified vantage points of interest and capturing each keyframe of the video as an image while applying the configured set of geometric relation, translations, and transformations.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein distributing at least one access code further comprises distributing a QR code or an URL.
5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising creating multiple further digital experience points, wherein each further digital experience point includes one of the thousands or more image files and links to zero or more further digital experience points.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising associating owner configurable license rights with each digital experience point.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising configuring access rights within the configurable license rights, wherein access rights of a specific digital experience point are configurable between public access, limited access to one or more specific users, or limited to a specific number of users.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising uploading additional digital content to the specific digital experience point.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising creating a new further experience point linked to from the specific digital experience point, and uploading additional digital content to the new further experience point.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising manufacturing a consumer product with a physical design applying the image file of the specific digital experience point.
11. An interconnected physical and digital experience system, comprising:
a physical object created from a 3D digital model;
thousands or more image files of the 3D digital model;
a video of the 3D digital model sequentially progressing through the image files;
a first digital experience point including the video and links to one or more further digital experience points;
a digital experience object including the first digital experience point and each further digital experience point reachable by following links originating from the first digital experience object; and
at least one access code to the digital experience object.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the video further comprises a progression of geometric relationships, translations, and transformations applied to the 3D model or a surrounding digital environment and/or a palette of color and/or material textures while moving through multiple vantage points of interest.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one access code is a QR code or an URL.
14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising thousands or more further digital experience points such that each of the thousands or more further digital experience points includes one of the image files of individual frames of the video and links to zero or more of the thousands or more further digital experience points, and wherein at least one of the thousands or more further digital experience points is linked to by the first digital experience point.
15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising one or more owner configurable license rights associated with each digital experience point.
16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising one or more access rights within each of the configurable license rights, wherein access rights of a specific digital experience point are configured to public access, limited access to one or more specific users, or limited access to a specific number of users.
17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising additional digital content uploaded to the specific digital experience point.
18. The system of claim 16 , further comprising a new further experience point linked to from the specific digital experience point, the new further experience point having uploaded additional digital content.
19. The system of claim 16 , further comprising a consumer product manufactured with a physical design applying the image file of the specific digital experience point.