Melody Tunes

A VR Immersive/Interactive Experience

A music journey brings you back to the retro.

Tool

Unity Oculus Maya Scaniverse

My role

VR artist Interaction Develop

UI/UX design Spatial Sounds Design

Duration

4 Months

Melody Tunes is an immersive VR experience that transports audiences through a century of Chinese pop music (1920s–2010s), blending cultural storytelling with interactive exploration. As a multi-rounder, I crafted era-specific environments and intuitive interfaces to revive forgotten melodies for younger generations, which included not limited in:

Developing interactive systems that allow users to engage with musical artefacts and archival content.

Creating spatial soundscapes to enhance emotional resonance and historical authenticity.

Optimising UI flows for seamless navigation through the timeline.

This project bridges heritage preservation with cutting-edge technology, offering an educational yet captivating journey into China’s musical legacy.

1920s-1930s

Blended Forms

  • The Sonic Transformation of Post-1919 China (1920s-1930s)

    Representative songs:

    Drizzle - Li Minghui (1927)

    Dance of the Golden Snake - Nie Er (1934)

    Song of the Fisherman - Wang Renmei (1934)

  • The Transformative Power of Chinese Music (1940s-1950s)

    Respresentative songs:

    Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang - Wang Luobin (1940)

    Defend the Yellow River - Xian Xinghai (1941)

    Shanghai Night - Zhou Xuan (1946)

    Jasmine Flower - Folk Song from Jiangsu Province (1957)

Characteristic Folk & Jazz

1940s-1950s

1960s-1970s

Revolutionary

  • How Mao’s China Used Music as a Weapon (1960s-1970s)

    Representative songs:

    Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman (1964)

    Ying shan hong - Deng Yuhua (1974)

    The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is Just Good(1975)

1980s-1990s

  • From Pop Invasion to Independent Sound (1980s-1990s)

    Representative songs:

    I only care about you - Teresa Teng (1986)

    Nothing to My Name - Cui Jian (1988)

    Shameful - Hei Bao (1991)

    Green Apple Paradise - The Little Tigers (1993)

Cantopop & Rock

2000s-1910s

  • Global Influence, Indie Rise, and the Digital Shift (2000s–2010s)

    Representative songs:

    Later - Rene Liu(2000)

    Love before AD - Jay Chou (2001)

    River South - JJ Lin (2004)

    Above the Moon - Phoenix Legend (2005)

Pop