Hi, I’m Beca. I am a designer passionate about UI/UX and game design, creating digital experiences that blend functionality with creativity. I have two years of product design experience from my undergraduate studies and now focus on digital design, including UX, front-end development, game design, and virtual reality. I work extensively with Blender, Unity, React, and Angular. Over the past two years, I have developed immersive VR experiences that combine storytelling and interactive design. In 2023, I received two Red Dot Design Awards for UI/UX projects. At the University of Edinburgh, I explored a range of digital media, from video games to VR. My final project, Interstring, allows players to perform the erhu and violin in a VR space, exploring intercultural exchange.
Yu Chieh Sun (Beca)
Bio
Final project: Interstring
Fostering intercultural literacy is essential in the context of globalisation. Music serves as a neutral and universally accessible medium that is particularly suitable for this purpose, especially when applied through embodied interaction with traditional musical instruments. Whilst previous studies have used music to support cultural learning, few have explored its potential as a medium for promoting intercultural understanding through a combined perspective. Through a process of literature review and analysis, the erhu and the violin emerged as iconic bowed string instruments that represent Eastern and Western musical traditions, respectively. These instruments share similar acoustic qualities because of a common historical ancestor. Over time, they evolved in different cultural contexts but have found new connections in recent years through global exchange. This project follows a historical timeline that reflects the cultural journey of both instruments and concludes with their contemporary reconvergence. The project integrates culturally contextual environments to support intercultural understanding by encouraging users to engage with the instruments in a playful and immersive way. Interstring is a virtual reality experience that combines elements from both Eastern and Western cultures. It allows users to explore and play the erhu and violin through an interaction model inspired by rhythm games. The main goal of this project is to motivate beginners to explore traditional instruments and promote intercultural inclusivity through the shared experience of music.
Keywords: Virtual Reality, Violin, Erhu, Rhythm Game, Intercultural Learning
Awards
Skills & Experience
- Figma
- Unity
- Blender
- Virtual reality
Fox Reborn: Anubis’ Game
A 3D game inspired by the Chinese fairy tale Fox Fire
Inspired by the Chinese fairy tale Fox Fire and ancient Egyptian mythology, this game follows a fox who, aided by Anubis's judgment, must defeat the real farmer who stole his power—or risk becoming Anubis's slave.
video: https://youtu.be/Gwxd3mjgPIk
#RPG #VFX #FOX #EGYPT
Eldric: The VerseBound Knight
A 3D game experience from my childhood
An interactive experience inspired by my father’s glove puppetry, where players guide a lonely knight puppet through hand gestures to craft poems, exploring themes of homesickness, solitude, and the universal yearning for connection.
video: https://youtu.be/RwxBt15m4Wg
# 3D design # interactive design # storytelling
Plan & Plate
Mobile app addressing food waste
This project seeks to develop a mobile app to combat food waste, initially focused on Scotland, by offering features like meal planning, expiration date tracking, and recipe sharing to improve food management and sustainability.
video: https://youtu.be/tkNIJ3RkCok
# app # food waste # figma
RapStar
Full-stack website using FFF framework explores inclusion and diversity in rap
Rap is often seen as competitive, but this website highlights how rap is diverse, inclusive, and for everyone. Instead of ranking skills, it allows users to discover their musical personality, showing how different rap styles and influences coexist rather than compete.
video: https://youtu.be/UmttBBN2bks
# rap # php # database
Yu Chieh Sun (Beca)
