Worlds first electric power station
This is a VR project made @VR-Dynamix which shows the generator hall for King Ludwig´s II Venus Grotto in 1877 (worlds first electric power station). It produced electricity to illuminate the artificial grotto he used to entertain his guests and himself. The generators and the steam engine are disassembled and not accessible anymore for visitors of the Venus Grotto at Linderhof.
My parts where a few lighting-things, the retopo, the rigging, the animation and the texturing of the steam engine and the generators as well as a few little experiments with the windows.
Special Thanks to Hans G. for making Highpoly CAD-Models and teaching in detail how these machines work!
The grotto can be seen here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/A9WzAN
Also visit: https://vr-dynamix.com/
Power generator "Siemens-Schuckert" driven by the steam engine via a leather belt.
Linderhof generator hall VR Capture (Unity Engine)
Power generator "Gramme Machine" made in Paris
Most of the details of the models are made in Substance Painter using a scan and lots of reference photos.
The power generator setup (Unity Engine)
The steam engine that powers all the generators to produce electricity
The seperated steam engine (Iray, Substance Painter)
One of the supports (Rendered in Substance Iray (left), topology (right))
Generator hall fly through video (Unity Engine)