Les Aventures de Coco et Piaf — Interactive VR Learning Experience
Les Aventures de Coco et Piaf is an interactive educational VR experience created for children between the ages of three and eight. The project was developed for VWX Agency, with the Alliance Française de Buenos Aires as the end client, and is based on the illustrated universe of Coco and Piaf, created by a French artist.
I was responsible for the complete development of the interactive experience, including adaptation of the original visual concept into 3D, environment design, modeling, texturing, lighting, animation integration, educational interaction design, gameplay programming, validation systems, audio implementation, optimization, testing, and final deployment using Unity and OpenXR.
The original characters and visual references were provided in 2D by their creator. My role was to translate that established identity into a cohesive real-time 3D world while preserving the expressive, hand-crafted quality of the illustrations.
The adventure begins with a large interactive book titled Les Aventures de Coco et Piaf. As the book opens, a three-dimensional map of France appears across its pages, allowing children to select different destinations and begin a series of educational activities set in recognizable French regions.
Paris — Bakery and Counting
In the Paris bakery, children learn to count from one to five while interacting with baguettes, croissants, trays, and bakery shelves.
The player must identify, count, and place the correct number of products in their corresponding locations. Custom socket and validation systems provide immediate visual feedback, indicating whether each item has been placed correctly or incorrectly.
Brittany — Seasons and Travel Preparation
In a coastal apartment in Brittany, children experience the four seasons through dynamic changes in weather and atmosphere.
Snow, rain, sunlight, and environmental variations transform the scene while Coco and Piaf guide the player through a packing activity. Children must identify which clothes and objects belong to each season and place the appropriate items inside a suitcase.
This section combines object recognition, seasonal vocabulary, environmental transitions, and interactive selection.
Strasbourg — Food and Restaurant Vocabulary
The Strasbourg restaurant introduces children to the names of different foods through an interactive dining scene with Coco and Piaf.
Objects, dishes, character reactions, voice lines, and visual cues work together to reinforce vocabulary through observation and playful interaction.
Giverny — Colors and Painting
The Giverny art gallery is inspired by the region’s artistic and Impressionist heritage.
Children learn colors while using a virtual brush to paint freely on a canvas. The scene includes an interactive easel, painting tools, color selection, artwork references, and a creative activity that allows each user to produce their own image inside the virtual environment.
Provence — Animals and Exploration
In the Provence farm, children explore a colorful rural environment filled with fields, barns, lavender, and interactive animals.
The objective is to find animals hidden throughout the scene and identify them with the help of Coco and Piaf. This activity encourages observation, exploration, and vocabulary learning through spatial discovery.
Across all five environments, the educational content is supported by music, character animation, spoken phrases, visual feedback, and age-appropriate interaction design. The experience was designed to remain accessible, highly visual, and easy to understand for young children.
The entire application was developed in Unity using OpenXR,
Role: Solo XR Developer & Technical Artist
Agency: VWX
End Client: Alliance Française de Buenos Aires
Original IP and 2D Characters: Created and provided by the original French artist
Project Type: Educational VR Game and Interactive Learning Experience
Target Audience: Children aged 3–8
Technology: Unity 3D and OpenXR
Development Areas: Experience design, educational gameplay design, adaptation of 2D artwork into 3D, environment creation, 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, UI/UX, interaction programming, socket and validation systems, painting mechanics, weather systems, character integration, audio implementation, scene logic, optimization, testing, and standalone deployment
Key Features: Interactive pop-up-book introduction, map-based navigation, five French destinations, counting activities, object sorting, seasonal weather changes, suitcase-packing mechanics, food vocabulary, virtual painting, hidden-animal exploration, visual validation, character reactions, music, and multilingual spoken content
Deliverables: Complete Unity source project, optimized real-time assets, and functional OpenXR application