new augmented reality adventure has been created by Aardman that will allow fans to interact with life size characters in their own homes.
Wallace and Gromit will be joined by British stars Jim Carter and Miriam Margolyes for an epic adventure in which fans can see the much-loved inventor and his faithful pooch as AR avatars directly in front of them, wherever they may be.
Aardman Productions new story, named The Big Fix Up, is a story focused AR adventure, rather than a game or film, although there are elements of both. From this autumn, fans will be able to download the app on their smartphone or tablet and join the adventure by accessing the camera in their smart device to view the AR virtual versions of Wallace and Gromit and to start the story and watch it unfold.
The character’s creator, Nick Park, joked that Wallace, as an inventor with a love of technology, and “would embrace this wholeheartedly and give it the big thumbs-up”.
Aardman’s creative director of Wallace & Gromit, Merlin Crossingham, stated:
“We’ve taken what we would call a real Wallace and Gromit in modelling clay, scanned them into the computer, and the very clever technology then renders them in real time with your mobile phone as avatars, whether you want them life-size or on your desktop.”
In the adventure, Wallace & Gromit’s latest business venture, Spick & Spanners, receive “the contract of a lifetime, to ‘Fix Up’ Bristol”. The story also features new characters, Beryl, the Spick & Spanner’s AI bot voiced by Bafta-winning Miriam Margolyes who’s always happiest keeping the job orders and the tea flowing. Bernard Grubb, a pompous and devious puffed-pie magnate with “lofty political aspirations” will be voiced by Jim Carter and the character of Lily Hackerby is voiced by comedian and actor Isy Suttie.
Crossingham went on to say:
“Part of the story is that Grubb has employed Wallace to fix up Bristol, hoping he can bribe the electorate by doing everyone a favour. Of course, Wallace has no idea what he’s put himself into. That’s where the audience comes in. Because the job is too big, the audience are employed, and Wallace will give them jobs to do. For example, there’s been reports of robot pigeons in Bristol city centre. You’ll have fun chasing the pigeons. It’s very silly, as you’d expect with Wallace and Gromit.”
Aardman and Fictioneers, a consortium of British companies, created [nofollow]The Big Fix Up with research support from the University of South Wales and funding from UK Research & Innovation.
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