Infinity Glasses Project

Infinity Eyewear

This is a side project i am working on where a client approached our college and asked if there were any students available to create some work for him. He wanted a 3D model of a pair of new glasses he is thinking of making and trying to sell. He will need the 3D model so that he can show his potential buyer what it will essentially look like with out having to spend too much money on actually making the finished product. 

The idea for the glasses is that they will have lights and mirrors inside the lenses and that this will give and infinite lights effect but will still be visible through the lenses so the person wearing the glasses will be able to see the world with a ring of infinite lights around there vision.

He came into visit and i asked what it was that he was specifically after:

Purpose: Novelty for clubbing and nightlife scene. But with a high end style, smart and looks good.

Srtyle: Potentially aviator style glasses, rim as thin as possible (baring in mind lights have to go inside).

Blueish tinted lights, rame colour preferably black and frame as thin as possible.

black environment background preferably, if not then grey

He would like an interactive VR so that the client can spin and turn the glasses model round and see a full 3D view of the product

He would like stills and style frames sent off to see how things are going

Styles of Glasses (image refferences) :

Researching potential frames. This pair has a gap in the frame above the nose (potentially where a battery could go)

                                                                                                                                                                            Style sample idea for the 'clubbing' novelty wear the client was talking about being the purpose for the glasses. 

Environment and display research ideas:

The client discussed how he wanted the glasses, although being made for novelty purposes as they will be for a just bait of fun, to look high end and good quality. One way this can be reflected as well is through the environment that the glasses are situated in when being displayed. I googled some ideas from how apple have displayed their phones in advertisements and they generally seem to use minimalist backgrounds which have no other elements to distract from the product and are often either a black or white background with some use of shadow. 

Infinity style lights:

This is what the client wants the inside of the glasses lenses to look like. The wearer of the glasses will be able to see these lights around the edge of their vision but will also be able to see through the centre so its gives a triply fun effect for the person wearing the glasses. 

Existing product that is similar to what the client is looking for:
(the style of this product is goggles though)

https://learn.adafruit.com/bluetooth-neopixel-goggles/overview

                

i used this image of glasses i found online that resembles the shape of aviator glasses as this is what the client mentioned they wanted as a style reference and this particular style i found is a bit chunkier take on the style of the aviator and so would be more likely the possible outcome with regards to considering the need for space on the glasses for a battery and for the lights etc.
i then altered the colours on photoshop so the distinction between the shape of the glasses and the background are more noticeable and easier for me to use as a template in cinema 4d to make the glasses model from.

This is when i opened them up in c4d as an image to use.

I then started to make the apes of the glasses  using the reference picture as a shape indicator`:

These are a few of the versions of glasses styles i made for the client to choose from :

Aviator style (slightly chunkier than original aviator style still with regards to the arms and the frame of the lenses) this version i made with a low nose bridge ark:

The arms are thick with this style of glasses as i have placed the battery inside the arm.

These are some images of the glasses of a similar style to above but with a higher bridge ark (i also added nose pads onto this one so that the lenses wouldn't be so low on the face when worn due to a very high nose ark

And i also made a version that would have the battery in the middle section between the lenses i shaded this a slightly different colour to highlight its prences but this could be changed to any colour or made as just one full block. I made the arms smaller on this one to show that this can be done if the battery is not in the arm:

After showing the client these styles they mentioned that they liked the aviator style glasses and the goggles style glasses

Changing the colour of the nose pads:

(video moves very quick because it is a VR converted into a video. however this shows how i have tested the angles and the height of the camera and the number of steps of each angles (the more steps there are the less twitchy it looks when you move it).

          



          



          



         


This has been a good side project to work on as it has given me experience of actually working for a client, with regards to sending them models and style sod the glasses and receiving feedback and making alterations with regards to how they want the model to look until we arrive at a final conclusion that the client is happy with. It has also given me chance to work on my cinema 4d skills and experiment with using VR animations (which i could not upload onto my blogger account but i will include in my hand in).
This has also helped improve my time management as i have deadlines for handing in the work for the client and i have had to manage my final project management and this side project together (as it meant taking on extra work to deal with this project for the client).