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

doubleA

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.

Left photogrammetry, right twin recreation

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