From Dust

Are you a spectator or participant in this world?

Are you a spectator or participant in this world?

Services

XR Design and Development

CGI and VFX

Client

From Dust

Location

AMS, Cannes

Year

2025

Credits

Performed by vocal ensemble Sjaella: Viola Blache, Marie Fenske, Franziska Eberhardt, Marie Charlotte Seidel, Felicitas Erben, and Helene Erben

Main Team:

Composition, director, script Michel van der Aa
Dramaturge Madelon Kooijman
Lead developer Roland Smeenk
Lead technical artist Rens van de Wiel
Technical artist Quint Vrolijk
Lead 3D artist Stein van de Ven
Developer & animation artist Niels Weber
3D artist (characters) Glenn Wustlich
3D artist Bas Jansen
AI integration developers Michael Hussar, Sean Simon
Digital clothing designer Iris van Wees
VFX developer Ruud op den Kelder
Stylist Sjaella Judith de Zwart
Vocal recording engineer Bart Wagemakers (Exalto studio)
Production Aram Balian
Financial director Rosita Wouda (doubleA)
Publicity manager Norman Vladimir

Motion Capture:
XSense mocap Het Nieuwe Kader, Niels Bosch
Audio engineer Tomas Valečka
Producer Arjen Oosterbaan
Director of Photography Joost Rietdijk
Tooling face recording Rens van de Wiel
Assistant director Anne van Brunschot, David Wolfswinkel

Special Thanks: Eric Chang (Reallusion), Marek Šimoník (Record 3D), Sebastian Kox and Abdelhadi Baaddi (Innovation:Lab), Roelof Terpstra (Virtual Dutch Men).

Info

For this project, I created the initial Digital Twins using photogrammetry and collaborated with Iris van Wees to digitize physical garments. I developed a seamless teleportation system, helped optimize 3D assets, and supported technical production and hosting.

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