Work / Experiments

Prototypes, characters, and useful weirdness.

HQ is where we test the tools behind Totally Not Real News and explore how digital characters, motion capture, AI video, and compact production workflows can become practical media systems.

Virtual presenters

Fictional hosts and digital spokespeople.

Character-led content for short-form video, explainers, websites, social campaigns, and branded formats. The goal is not just a face on screen — it is a repeatable voice with a purpose.

Anchors and fake-news formats
Digital desk commentators
Business explainers and training hosts
Mascots and recurring characters

Motion capture

A 100 sq. ft. motion capture suite.

A compact space for testing performance capture, movement, gestures, mascot motion, virtual presenters, and character workflows before scaling them into finished pieces.

Character movement tests
Presenter performance studies
Multi-camera experiments
Small-space production workflows

Experimental visuals

Tools most people do not know what to do with yet.

Gaussian splats, synthetic environments, AI image systems, scanned spaces, and strange workflows. Most people do not know what to do with them yet. That is why we are interested.

Prototype environment scans
Synthetic backgrounds and sets
Visual R&D for future productions
“What happens if we turn a room into math?”

Case study

Totally Not Real News.

A fictional local newsroom built as a public sandbox for virtual presenters, satire writing, AI-assisted video, social testing, and repeatable character systems.

Short satirical news clips
Recurring AI-assisted characters
Platform-specific edits and analytics
Community-fed story ideas