Step 1: the box (here we meet again...)
adding a mirror modifier to make it a crate:
and deciding this would be the open state of the box, thus needing to separate the flat surfaces to create a grid:
beware, there is room for some dangerous animals in that crate...so we need to be able to close it:
next, The environment.
Thx @adrian2301, you opened my eyes again! I didn't realize you could use blende to stitch the images together... Silly because I did use the blender editor to make the summer fun clip... I was clearly thinking in the box there 😅.
I like your render strategy to work in batches, didn't consider this yet. Very good advice Indeed!
And it appears the little sleep moment of my PC did not interfere with the render :)!
I'm gonna tweak the speed and remove the floating hands tomorrow and launch the render for sunday evening to submit. There is still a lot I want to change, but sometimes, you need to make choices.
That's a really well equipped Sci-Fi appartment 😀👍! Could I please get one of these holographic monitors 😉?!