Cell Therapy

Retinal Regeneration:
RPE Cell — 3D CGI Animation

A single thread of cells, repairing the retina.

CLIENT
Vision Care Inc.
SUPERVISOR
Dr. Tadao Maeda (Director, Clinical Development, VC Cell Therapy, Inc.)

[ OVERVIEW ]

A 2 cm strand of cells, restoring vision.

When cells are seeded into a grooved culture dish, they spontaneously coalesce into a thread — approximately 2 cm long, 100 µm in diameter, comprising roughly 150,000 RPE cells. That thread is loaded into a fine cannula and delivered into the subretinal space, where it unfurls to cover the lesion. This 38-second 3D CGI animation visualizes the full process of Vision Care Inc.'s thread-form RPE cell transplantation therapy — from self-assembly in the dish to final integration with the patient's retina.

SCENES

Retinal cross-section showing thread-form RPE cells dispersing into a sheet — 3D CGI
Fundus-view showing transplanted RPE cells spreading across the lesion area — 3D CGI
Cannula entering the eye and delivering thread-form RPE cells — 3D CGI cross-section
Thread-form RPE cells loaded in a cannula tip — 3D CGI close-up

About This Project

Starting from the video concept shared by Dr. Maeda, Hydrocore handled the full pipeline in-house — narrative structure, Video animatic, cell character design, 3D CGI, and editing — with the goal of making the invisible world of regenerative medicine clearly understandable.

  • 01Science direction & consultation
  • 02Narrative structure & storyboard
  • 03Video animatic
  • 04Cell character design
  • 053D CGI modeling & animation
  • 06Editing & still export

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OVERVIEW

Client
Vision Care Inc.
Title
Retinal Regeneration: RPE Cell — 3D CGI Animation
Supervisor
Dr. Tadao Maeda (Director, Clinical Development, VC Cell Therapy, Inc.)
Production period
Approx. 2 months
Specs
~38 sec / 1920×1080 (Full HD) / 30 fps
Use
Investor presentations / Academic conferences / PR & media
Hydrocore scope
Science direction, narrative design, cell character design, 3D CGI, editing
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