Xbox Redux - Boot Animation 3D Motion Graphics Study

Unlike today's family friendly media centres, the original 2001 Xbox was built for the hardcore gamer. With brand aesthetics such as industrial machinery, cybernetic interfaces, and reactors, Microsoft wanted their console to represent the most intense gaming experience.

The boot animation for the console is a perfect example of that aesthetic. The introduction you receive every time you start your experience is of an industrial reactor starting up. It is a representation of the technological power that the Xbox holds within its shell.

I wanted to experiment with that aesthetic, to recreate the dark and gritty industrial experience of the original console. The boot animation sequence also has its particular challenges. While only 6 seconds long, this sequence would have been watched thousands of times by the average user. By focusing on the minute details, the viewing experience is not exhausted the first time.

I Hope this takes you back to the turn of the century of gaming. What game would be loading up on your console back in the 2000's?

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[revolume]

This should be in Xbox Original's 20th anniversary boot screen

[seven_]

This could be a downloadable bootscreen for xbox to put it whenever you start up your xbox one

[thereelcameraman]

10/10 wow this has to be the anniversary of Xbox love it

[mrknowldge]

Job well DONE! brought back memories of enjoying the boot up screen loved the look and the sound got you pumped up right before a session of Gears of War!!! How I wish I had been able to Check OUT with Xbox series X at ANY SITE!!!! Damn Scalpers BOTS!!!!

[PabTSM-OfficialChannel]

fun fact: the original startup screen/video was actually real-time rendered. not just a image that changes image. its rendered in real-time

[Wxnted_aep]

this is better than xbox logo itself!! amazinggg!!

[samarixkenshi]

better than the 2001 startup version but there's one thing that i have to say... IT'S EXCELLENT GOOD JOB!!!! A+

[jessicadoe]

Ahhh, it’s just like how my brother used to play with his own Xbox console during his childhood days.
Like old times.
[The Xbox Startup music sounds like it was saying in synthetic form: are you my mommy?]

[jonacuh]

This is a pretty good remaster for the Original Xbox.

[dylaneicholz]

It glows it in free-dee and it look Kool. Honestly, 11/10 it's very good

[XnTaz]

1 guy made better intro than entire corporstion

[murderer]

Fun fact: the blob is never the same blob everytime you start up your Xbox. Because your boot up screen is actually 3D and not a video, it can have different effects.

[Pendleton-vjgc]

This should be in a 20th anniversary OG xbox.

[dnakatomiuk]

This followed by the 360 blade dashboard that would be the best UI

[heylookitslumi]

I like the original startup but you'll get there, it takes practice, ngl it's my 2nd favorite so don't worry!

[marchosiasyt]

6000 IQ Engineer: Convert Power to Internal Hard Drive.
(A.I.) Xerena: Power Converted to Internal Hard Drive.
Engineer: Activate Power Supply.
Xerena: Power Supply Activated.
Engineer: Enable Internal Cooling Fan.
Xerena: Internal Cooling Fan Enabled.
Engineer: Activate Internal Hard Drive.
Xerena: Internal Hard Drive Activated.
Engineer: Ready Main Power Supply.
Xerena: Power Supply Online. All Systems Are Go. Awaiting Further Instructions.
Engineer: Activate Project: XBOX

After the Intro
Xerena: Project: XBOX Online.

[edodeluca]

microsoft should use this video for the start up of the new xbox

[blunderingfool]

Well, that's imprrssive.

Here's a fun fact, the xbox used enturely procedural animation for the boot logo for technical reasons.

[SewerxGator]

When did consoles stop being so cool, like we all agree that that og xbox and ps2 had incredible stsrt up screens and console aesthetics right? Why are they all so bland and corporate now. Whenever you booted up an old console it was like you were booting up some other worldly technology