Forager

IMMERSE YOURSELF

Life begins below.

A mushroom is a door in the floor. Open it, and discover an endless, underground network that feeds life-giving essentials to the plants above. Microscopic highways of mycelium a million miles long run beneath, hidden from our eye. And there, in the dark tunnels of the underground, this vast, invisible network performs nature's alchemy, converting the many into one. An essential song that sustains all earthly life.

Enter Forager and live the life of fungi, from air-borne spore to underground mycelium to sprouting mushroom. Bring the forest to life, and discover the magical world beneath your feet.

PROCESS

Inventing new
technology to tell the hidden story under our feet.

This is the first ever volumetric time-lapse inside of a game engine.

By developing cutting-edge 3D scanning hardware and software, the Forager team has begun capturing a library of mushrooms growing over time and play them back as hyperrealistic animations in the Unreal Engine.

GET INVOLVED

You need fungi and fungi needs you.

The soil of old growth forests holds the key to human survival. Its fungi help us breathe, keep us fed, let us heal, and keep critical carbon in the ground. But these forests are disappearing - putting at risk mycelial life and human life. The Fungi Foundation is fighting to protect old growth forests.

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THE CREATORS

We are tech people and mushroom enthusiasts.

Winslow Porter
Co-creator
Creative Director

Winslow is an award-winning director, producer and creative technologist specializing in virtual/augmented reality as well as large-scale immersive installations.

Elie Zananiri
Co-creator
Technical Director

Elie is an Emmy-award winning creative developer, specializing in large-scale installations, graphics programming, and virtual reality. His work experiments with breaking social boundaries in public, through immersive experiences and generative compositions.

THE TEAM

An ecosystem of artists, farmers, and engineers.

We share a deep-seated passion and curiosity for mushrooms and the natural world they influence and inhabit.

Art DirectorMother Nature

Technology DirectorElie Zananiri

Photogrammetry ConsultantTomáš Mišura and Nikola Jancovicova of Reality Capture
Guillaume Monsergent

NarratorSarah Natochenny

Mycobrick PartnerEcovative

Scenic DesignDavid Benjamin
Ray Wang
Daniel Perlin
David Komet

Title DesignerElise Porter

Capture Rig DesignArray Kinetics

Experiential DesignEmily Edelman

Rig Technical ProducerAddison Worthington IV

Scent PartnerOW Smell Digital

Look Development ArtistKevin Peter He

Marker Rig DesignAdam Lassy

Public RelationsJessie Cohen PR

PhotographyPaul McGeiver

Mycological Partner/ConsultantFungi Foundation

Partner OutreachStefani Bardin

Cultivation ConsultantStephen Jomaoas
Louis Vassar Semanchik

Conservation PartnerOn The Edge

Looking Glass PartnerLooking Glass

Executive ProducersKaren Short
Justin Durazzo
Adam DeMartino
Andrew Carter Alessia Bulgari
Turner Porter

ProducersWinslow Porter
Casta Jiahui Zhu

Associate ProducersDavid Porter
Dana Cowley
Alica Ross

Unreal EngineersErik Anderson
June Bee
Schuyler Devos
Filip Kostic
Csősz Gergő Levente
Xuelong Mu
Siyuan Qiu
Bryner Toma
Mingxi Xu
Olivia Yin
Will Young

Unreal ConsultantTodd Bryant

Technical ArtistGeorgios Cherouvim

Environmental ArtistsBaiquni Abdillah
Jack Caron

ScreenwritersWinslow Porter
Elie Zananiri
Adam Lerman

Music and Sound DesignQ Department

Smallhold Communications/PRAbigail Knoff
Hayley Katz

Graphic DesignRyan De La Cruz

Strategy PartnerAccenture Song
Sustainability Studio

Hardware PartnerDell Computers

Volumetric Post Production and Streaming PartnerArcturus

3D Printing PartnerPink Sparrow

OUR PARTNERS