Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The DAVE School produced “The Orlando Time Machine VR” in cooperation with The City of Orlando & The Orange County Regional History Center to create a first-person experience of historic Orlando.
The concept was to find multiple historic reference photos of one recognizable street corner in Downtown Orlando (in different time periods), re-create this vantage point in multiple time periods in Unreal Engine (3D/VR), and create a fun, family-friendly, futuristic VR theme park ride which can take a person to actually experience Orlando in the past!
The Orlando Time Machine VR is a fictional first-person VR adventure ride into Orlando’s history. While the adventure story is of course fictional, to move the story quickly from time period to time period, we have taken great care to try to match the actual historic environments to the amazing real-world reference photography provided to us by the City of Orlando & The Orange County Regional History Center.
The Immersive 3D VR experience includes recreations of Downtown Orlando (Orange Ave & Washington St) in:
1. Modern day 2021
2. 1920
3. 1880
4. 10,000 BC
In addition to the The City of Orlando, Orange County Regional History Center, DAVE School worked with Epic Games Unreal Engine, technology companies In3D (to provide their outstanding 3D scanning technology which allowed us to scan all the characters/students in a VR experience), Move.ai (who allowed us to beta test their incredible AI motion capture technology), voice-over artist (& DAVE Grad) Bonnie Kiefer who provided the voice of the time machine’s AI, and The Old Town Portrait Gallery (who provided their amazing period wardrobe for the 3D scans of all the characters in each time period).
To learn more about The DAVE School and its programs, please visit:
bit.ly/3oA7POd or give us a call at (407)385-1100.
About The DAVE School
The DAVE School was founded on June 8, 2000, by two Industry executives looking to create #CareerReady artists with a practical animation school. Today, The DAVE School offers specialized training in Visual Effects and Game Production with extensive practice under industry-level supervision.
Located on the backlot of Universal Studios Florida®, The DAVE School has an 18,000 square foot facility that includes learning and interactive labs, a dedicated Virtual and Real-Time production stage, a Vicon motion capture system, 3D printing, and VR/AR labs and secure student access 7 days a week.
The DAVE School is an academic unit of NUC University (NUC), which is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) www.msche.org. NUC’s NUC University – IBC Technical Division (NUC-IBC), Florida Technical College (FTC), and The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School (The DAVE School) are included in this accreditation. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
The DAVE School produced “The Orlando Time Machine VR” in cooperation with The City of Orlando & The Orange County Regional History Center to create a first-person experience of historic Orlando.
The concept was to find multiple historic reference photos of one recognizable street corner in Downtown Orlando (in different time periods), re-create this vantage point in multiple time periods in Unreal Engine (3D/VR), and create a fun, family-friendly, futuristic VR theme park ride which can take a person to actually experience Orlando in the past!
The Orlando Time Machine VR is a fictional first-person VR adventure ride into Orlando’s history. While the adventure story is of course fictional, to move the story quickly from time period to time period, we have taken great care to try to match the actual historic environments to the amazing real-world reference photography provided to us by the City of Orlando & The Orange County Regional History Center.
The Immersive 3D VR experience includes recreations of Downtown Orlando (Orange Ave & Washington St) in:
1. Modern day 2021
2. 1920
3. 1880
4. 10,000 BC
In addition to the The City of Orlando, Orange County Regional History Center, DAVE School worked with Epic Games Unreal Engine, technology companies In3D (to provide their outstanding 3D scanning technology which allowed us to scan all the characters/students in a VR experience), Move.ai (who allowed us to beta test their incredible AI motion capture technology), voice-over artist (& DAVE Grad) Bonnie Kiefer who provided the voice of the time machine’s AI, and The Old Town Portrait Gallery (who provided their amazing period wardrobe for the 3D scans of all the characters in each time period).
To learn more about The DAVE School and its programs, please visit:
bit.ly/3oA7POd or give us a call at (407)385-1100.
About The DAVE School
The DAVE School was founded on June 8, 2000, by two Industry executives looking to create #CareerReady artists with a practical animation school. Today, The DAVE School offers specialized training in Visual Effects and Game Production with extensive practice under industry-level supervision.
Located on the backlot of Universal Studios Florida®, The DAVE School has an 18,000 square foot facility that includes learning and interactive labs, a dedicated Virtual and Real-Time production stage, a Vicon motion capture system, 3D printing, and VR/AR labs and secure student access 7 days a week.
The DAVE School is an academic unit of NUC University (NUC), which is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) www.msche.org. NUC’s NUC University – IBC Technical Division (NUC-IBC), Florida Technical College (FTC), and The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School (The DAVE School) are included in this accreditation. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
