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Yoon, Sohhyoun. "VIRTUAL REALITY IN ART EDUCATION." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2021.
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This thesis project presents possible uses of Virtual Reality for art education. To understand VR, this thesis reviews the history of using technology in educational environments and explores the concepts, definitions, and characteristics of VR in general. Then, it shows diverse purposes of VR for education and art educational environments. For an art class, the units present the use of Teen Second Life, which is a free on-line virtual world. The units demonstrate how art educators may use Teen Second life for high school art classes to build students’ understandings of their identities by creating their avatars, clothing, objects and artwork and by displaying the artwork in a virtual community. The purpose of this thesis project is to suggest possible uses of VR for art educational environments.
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Drazdauskas, Laurynas. "Virtual Reality as a Phenomenon of Art." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Philosophy, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7645.
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<p>In this essay results are developed on two different levels. First, it is shown in demonstration that a phenomenological analysis on the lines of Roman’s Ingarden’s study of works in literature can be applied to Virtual Reality works, such as professional-simulators and video-games. In particular it can then be pointed out that: i) sound is separable from the scene, but using sound VR becomes enriched; ii) the main role in literature is left for the imagination, while in VR we find richness in concretization.</p><p>Second, it is argued in discussion that works in VR can be qualified as works of art. These electronic works may have all the aesthetical qualities (based on the phenomenology of Roman Ingarden) of the works of art in the traditional sense. So, that paper has two objectives: an analysis of VR and the search for the status of VR in art.</p>
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Lucas, Stephen 1985. "Virtual Stage: Merging Virtual Reality Technologies and Interactive Audio/Video." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984124/.
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Virtual Stage is a project to use Virtual Reality (VR) technology as an audiovisual performance interface. The depth of control, modularity of design, and user immersion aim to solve some of the representational problems in interactive audiovisual art and the control problems in digital musical instruments. Creating feedback between interaction and perception, the VR environment references the viewer's behavioral intuition developed in the real world, facilitating clarity in the understanding of artistic representation. The critical essay discusses of interactive behavior, game mechanics, interface implementations, and technical developments to express the structures and performance possibilities. This discussion uses Virtual Stage as an example with specific aesthetic and technical solutions, but addresses archetypal concerns in interactive audiovisual art. The creative documentation lists the interactive functions present in Virtual Stage as well as code reproductions of selected technical solutions. The included code excerpts document novel approaches to virtual reality implementation and acoustic physical modeling of musical instruments.
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Lobwein, Guy A. "Consuming conflict: Militainment, desire and virtual reality in contemporary art." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/180892/1/Guy_Lobwein_Thesis.pdf.
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This research project used VR technologies in a contemporary art practice to creatively and critically investigate military-themed entertainment (militainment). The project culminated in a series of VR art installations that reinterpreted militaristic video games, films, and histories to question their influence on both the artist-researcher as well as broader contemporary culture.
Although VR technology has been present in contemporary art for decades, its relationship to discourses of militainment and histories of armed conflict remains under-explored in a creative practice research context. This project utilised auto-ethnography and experimental creative practice to explore an affective relationship with these discourses; generating new creative responses to the pervasive social influence of military screen-culture.
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Kruger, Leanne. "Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29982.
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This dissertation focuses on architecture in the information age.Information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, which opens up a vast landscape of possibilities within the architectural realm. These possibilities are discussed and implemented into anarchitectural intervention, with a specific focus on the relationship between the real and the virtual. A digital art pavilion is proposed on the corner of Proes and van der Walt streets in Pretoria CBD, where the Munitoria Complex (Tshwane Municipal Offices) is currently situated. This intervention should act as a catalyst for positive change by narrowing the digital divide that is currently causing social and cultural segregation; providing a tool for upliftment by informing city dwellers. This negates the current "culture of ignorance" by stimulating a culture of knowledge.<br>Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.<br>Architecture<br>unrestricted
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Fletcher, Lauren Jean. "Adaptive realities : effects of merging physical and virtual entities." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018557.
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In the worlds of virtual reality, whole objects and bodies are created in an immaterial manner from lines, ratios and light pixels. When objects are created in this form they can easily be manipulated, edited, multiplied and deleted. In addition, technological advances in virtual reality development result in an increased merging of physical and virtual elements, creating spaces of mixed reality. This leads to interesting consequences where the physical environment and body, in a similar vein to the virtual, also becomes increasingly easier to manipulate, distort and change. Mixed realities thus enhance possibilities of a world of constantly changing landscapes and adjustable, interchangeable bodies. The notions of virtual and real coincide within this thesis, reflecting on a new version of reality that is overlapped and ever-present in its mixing of virtual and physical. These concepts are explored within my exhibition Immaterial - a creation of simulated nature encompassing a mix of natural and artificial, tangible and intangible. Within the exhibition space, I have created a scene of mixed reality, by merging elements of both a virtual and physical forest. This generates a magical space of new experiences that comes to life through the manipulated, edited, morphed and re-awakened bodies of trees.
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Vadruccio, Alessandro. "Mixed Reality techniques applied to a Virtual and Georeferenced tour for displaying street art content." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/15144/.
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Negli ultimi anni l’uso della tecnologia è aumentato considerevolmente, con un parallelo aumento di dati creati. Tale incremento ha portato alla necessita di avere nuove tecnologie che ci permettano di rappresentare nel contesto reale i dati raccolti.
La “Mixed Reality” è una tecnologia che permette di inserire degli oggetti virtuali all’interno dell’ambiente reale circostante in cui viviamo. HoloLens è un dispositivo realizzato da Microsoft che permette l’esecuzione di applicazioni in Mixed Reality. Grazie a questa tecnologia è possibile mappare l’ambiente circostante per creare delle superfici virtuali, sulle quali è possibile posizionare degli oggetti virtuali.
In questo lavoro di tesi abbiamo inizialmente effettuato uno studio sulle potenzialità e i limiti del dispositivo e successivamente abbiamo realizzato un’applicazione che consentisse di testare le prestazioni del dispositivo in un caso reale. L’applicazione realizzata, consente di effettuare un tour virtuale dei contenuti di street art della città di Bologna. Tale applicazione può essere utilizzata in due modi. Il primo consente all’utente di visualizzare immagini di graffiti scelti da una mappa tridimensionale. Il secondo invece, consente di utilizzare HoloLens sul territorio urbano, al fine di visualizzare opere di street art che sono state rimosse, direttamente sul muro su cui si trovavano.
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Leibbrandt, Tim. "Intramediary presence : body, interactivity and networked distribution in immersive virtual reality art." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14245.
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This thesis is concerned with the ways in which the medium of immersive virtual reality has been utilised in the art context since the early 1990s, with a view towards the contemporary relevance of the medium. Artworks that have been realised through both Head-Mounted Display (HMD) and CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) systems are discussed. The first chapter uses the 1993 Solomon R. Guggenheim exhibition 'Virtual Reality: An Emerging Medium' as a starting point in order to introduce the defining concepts of immersion and interactivity into the discussion. Thereafter, the second chapter is focussed on the body in relation to immersive virtual reality, examining the idea of virtual disembodiment in detail. This discussion is influenced by William Gibson's dichotomizing of "meatspace" and "cyberspace" in Neuromancer (1984). The psychological effects of avatars (the virtual body that surrogates for the physical body in virtual reality) are also looked at. The third chapter extensively discusses the ideas of agency, interactivity and narrative in relation to expanded immersive models of cinema that incorporate active audience participation. Gonzalo Frasca's video game theory concepts of "ludology" and "narratology" are applied, as are ideas of agency from Brenda Laurel's Computers as Theatre (1993) and Janet H. Murray's Hamlet on the Holodeck (1998). These notions of agency are also juxtaposed with the problem of passivity within conventional 3D cinema. The fourth chapter concerns cyberspace (defined as a middle-space that emerges between networked telecommunication technologies) and its implications for immersive virtual reality. The chapter concludes with a nod towards the growing potential of the Internet to facilitate the distribution of immersive virtual environment artworks. Finally, the conclusion looks at technological developments that have taken place during the two years that this thesis was written in order to suggest ways forward for the medium.
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Dolinsky, Margaret. "Facing experience : a painter's canvas in virtual reality." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3204.
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This research investigates how shifts in perception might be brought about through the development of visual imagery created by the use of virtual environment technology. Through a discussion of historical uses of immersion in art, this thesis will explore how immersion functions and why immersion has been a goal for artists throughout history. It begins with a discussion of ancient cave drawings and the relevance of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Next it examines the biological origins of “making special.” The research will discuss how this concept, combined with the ideas of “action” and “reaction,” has reinforced the view that art is fundamentally experiential rather than static. The research emphasizes how present-day virtual environment art, in providing a space that engages visitors in computer graphics, expands on previous immersive artistic practices. The thesis examines the technical context in which the research occurs by briefly describing the use of computer science technologies, the fundamentals of visual arts practices, and the importance of aesthetics in new media and provides a description of my artistic practice. The aim is to investigate how combining these approaches can enhance virtual environments as artworks. The computer science of virtual environments includes both hardware and software programming. The resultant virtual environment experiences are technologically dependent on the types of visual displays being used, including screens and monitors, and their subsequent viewing affordances. Virtual environments fill the field of view and can be experienced with a head mounted display (HMD) or a large screen display. The sense of immersion gained through the experience depends on how tracking devices and related peripheral devices are used to facilitate interaction. The thesis discusses visual arts practices with a focus on how illusions shift our cognition and perception in the visual modalities. This discussion includes how perceptual thinking is the foundation of art experiences, how analogies are the foundation of cognitive experiences and how the two intertwine in art experiences for virtual environments. An examination of the aesthetic strategies used by artists and new media critics are presented to discuss new media art. This thesis investigates the visual elements used in virtual environments and prescribes strategies for creating art for virtual environments. Methods constituting a unique virtual environment practice that focuses on visual analogies are discussed. The artistic practice that is discussed as the basis for this research also concentrates on experiential moments and shifts in perception and cognition and references Douglas Hofstadter, Rudolf Arnheim and John Dewey. iv Virtual environments provide for experiences in which the imagery generated updates in real time. Following an analysis of existing artwork and critical writing relative to the field, the process of inquiry has required the creation of artworks that involve tracking systems, projection displays, sound work, and an understanding of the importance of the visitor. In practice, the research has shown that the visitor should be seen as an interlocutor, interacting from a first-person perspective with virtual environment events, where avatars or other instrumental intermediaries, such as guns, vehicles, or menu systems, do not to occlude the view. The aesthetic outcomes of this research are the result of combining visual analogies, real time interactive animation, and operatic performance in immersive space. The environments designed in this research were informed initially by paintings created with imagery generated in a hypnopompic state or during the moments of transitioning from sleeping to waking. The drawings often emphasize emotional moments as caricatures and/or elements of the face as seen from a number of perspectives simultaneously, in the way of some cartoons, primitive artwork or Cubist imagery. In the imagery, the faces indicate situations, emotions and confrontations which can offer moments of humour and reflective exploration. At times, the faces usurp the space and stand in representation as both face and figure. The power of the placement of the caricatures in the paintings become apparent as the imagery stages the expressive moment. The placement of faces sets the scene, establishes relationships and promotes the honesty and emotions that develop over time as the paintings are scrutinized. The development process of creating virtual environment imagery starts with hand drawn sketches of characters, develops further as paintings on “digital canvas”, are built as animated, three-dimensional models and finally incorporated into a virtual environment. The imagery is generated while drawing, typically with paper and pencil, in a stream of consciousness during the hypnopompic state. This method became an aesthetic strategy for producing a snappy straightforward sketch. The sketches are explored further as they are worked up as paintings. During the painting process, the figures become fleshed out and their placement on the page, in essence brings them to life. These characters inhabit a world that I explore even further by building them into three dimensional models and placing them in computer generated virtual environments. The methodology of developing and placing the faces/figures became an operational strategy for building virtual environments. In order to open up the range of art virtual environments, and develop operational strategies for visitors’ experience, the characters and their facial features are used as navigational strategies, signposts and methods of wayfinding in order to sustain a stream of consciousness type of navigation. Faces and characters were designed to represent those intimate moments of self-reflection and confrontation that occur daily within ourselves and with others. They sought to reflect moments of wonderment, hurt, curiosity and humour that could subsequently be relinquished for more practical or purposeful endeavours. They were intended to create conditions in which visitors might reflect upon their emotional state, v enabling their understanding and trust of their personal space, in which decisions are made and the nature of world is determined. In order to extend the split-second, frozen moment of recognition that a painting affords, the caricatures and their scenes are given new dimensions as they become characters in a performative virtual reality. Emotables, distinct from avatars, are characters confronting visitors in the virtual environment to engage them in an interactive, stream of consciousness, non-linear dialogue. Visitors are also situated with a role in a virtual world, where they were required to adapt to the language of the environment in order to progress through the dynamics of a drama. The research showed that imagery created in a context of whimsy and fantasy could bring ontological meaning and aesthetic experience into the interactive environment, such that emotables or facially expressive computer graphic characters could be seen as another brushstroke in painting a world of virtual reality.
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Wiesemueller, Cornelia Francesca. "Vapour trails of imagination : the metaphysics of virtual reality : the deepest seat of creativity." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2002. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29234.
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In this dissertation I try to define the metaphysics of Virtual Reality, offer ideas on perception and the mind and look at philosophical notions of art and myth—making. I discuss a number of different artists (including myself) who go beyond the world of the tangible object and struggle with expression, composition, space, time and movement.
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Zhao, Xinyang. "Re-presenting China in Digital Immersive Art: Virtual Reality, Imaginaries, and Cultural Presence." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89625.
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The thesis explores how digital technology, in particular virtual reality and augmented reality, is playing a role in China’s rejuvenation, especially in relation to cultural displays, performances, and art exhibitions. This project examines how audiences, both in China and globally, respond to ‘Digital China’, a concept describing how people’s everyday lives in China are becoming superconnected by digital technology. Qualitative methodology with a multi-perspectival approach is applied to advance the aim of the project.
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Nechvatal, Joseph. "Immersive ideals / critical distances a study of the affinity between artistic ideologies in virtual reality and previous immersive idioms /." Newport : University of Wales College, Newport, 1999. http://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/iicd.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wales College, Newport, 1999.<br>CAiiA Research Centre (Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts) Thesis submitted to the University of Wales for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-456). Available in PDF via the World Wide Web.
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Enros, Max. "Development of an Interactive VR Experience for an Art Museum." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79463.
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In this project, a prototype for a virtual reality museum experience was developed. The virtual environment contains paintings and birds that the user can interact with to display information. A text panel or an image is displayed next to the object the user interacted with. The text or image displayed contains information about the object. A narration of the information can be played for some of the images and text panels. This enhances the experience of the museum compared to looking at an object in the real world. The virtual reality experience allows the museum to be more interactive and fun for the visitors. A few user tests were performed to test the usability of the experience. The tests found a few usability problems that have to be fixed before this experience could be part of a real museum.<br>I detta projekt utvecklades en prototyp för ett virtual reality museum. Den virtuella miljön innehåller tavlor och fåglar som användaren kan interagera med för att visa information. En textpanel eller en bild visas bredvid objektet som användaren interagerade med. Texten eller bilden som visas innehåller information om objektet. En inspelning av informationen kan spelas upp för några av bilderna och textpanelerna. Detta förbättrar museets upplevelse jämfört med att titta på ett objekt i den verkliga världen. Virtual reality-upplevelsen gör att museet kan vara mer interaktivt och roligt för besökarna. Några användartester genomfördes för att testa upplevelsens användbarhet. Testerna hittade några användbarhetsproblem som måste åtgärdas innan denna upplevelse kan vara en del av ett verkligt museum.
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Bergman, John. "IMMERSIVE GALLERY OF DIGITAL ART." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223228.
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Pissini, Jessica M. "Embodied by Design: The Presence of Creativity, Art-making, and Self in Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594831377515567.
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Nord, Nylund Bino. "Skolungdomars användning av virtuell verklighet : - VR som ett multimodalt gränssnitt." Thesis, Konstfack, Institutionen för Bildpedagogik (BI), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-4865.
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Denna studie har undersökt hur en grupp elever använder ett virtuellt rum som klassrum. Effekten blev att de lärde sig fakta med hela kroppen. Det virtuella klassrummet kan bli ett nytt pedagogiskt redskap för skolungdomar där de kan vara med och bygga upp eller påverka innehållet. Studien är en etnografisk undersökning där jag har studerat multimodalitetsteorier av bl.a. Gunther Kress i vilken man tar hänsyn till alla teckenvärldar som ljud, bild, gester och kroppens rörelse i rummet. Undersökningen har behandlat frågorna; Vad produceras när barn och ungdomar använder virtuell verklighet i klassrummet? Vilka diskurser framträder när VR används som resurs för lärande? Hur kan designen i en virtuell klassrumsmiljö komma till uttryck? Hur kan virtuella läromedel distribueras? Jag har undersökt hur diskurser kan förändras efter platsens förutsättningar och hur designen av en VR-undervisning kan beskrivas. Studien innefattar en multimodal produktion under en bildlektion i ett virtuellt klassrum, undersökningen inkluderar även distribution av virtuell konst i lärmiljö. Jag har vidare funderat på vilka förutsättningar som krävs för att virtuell verklighet skall bli en standard i framtidens klassrum.
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Corby, Thomas James Patrick. "The disappearing frame : a practice-based investigation into composing virtual environment artworks." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2000. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/6126/.
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Through creative art making practice, research seeks to contribute a body of knowledge to an under researched area by examining how key concepts germane to computer based, interactive, three-dimensional, virtual environment artworks might be explicated, potential compositional issues characterised, and possible production strategies identified and/or proposed. Initial research summarises a range of classifications pertaining to the function of interactivity within virtual space, leading to an identification and analysis of a predominant model for composing virtual environment media, characterised as the "world as model": a methodological approach to devising interactive and spatial contexts employing visual and behavioural modes based on the physical world. Following this alternative forms of environmental organisation are examined through the development of a series of artworks beginning with Bodies and Bethlem, and culminating with Reconnoitre: a networked environment, spatially manifest through performative user input. Theoretical corollaries to the project are identified placing it within a wider critical context concerned with distinguishing between the virtual as a condition of simulation: a representation of something pre-existing, and the virtual as potential structure: a phenomena in itself requiring creative actualisation and orientated toward change. This distinction is further developed through an analysis of some existing typologies of interactive computer based art, and used to generalise two base conditions between which various possibilities for practice might be situated: the "fluid" and "formatted" virtual.
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Braun, David. "Astral Logistics." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1556535587536971.
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MALTBIE, CATHERINE V. "SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF USING A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT IN A UNIVERSITY ART COURSE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin974901387.
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Kotwal, Kaizaad Navroze. "Variations of Virtual Reality in Theatre and Film: Truth and Illusions Via Art and Technology." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392809424.
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Kotwal, Kaizaad Navroze. "Variations of virtual reality in theatre and film : truth and illusion via art and technology /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488203552779304.
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Feliciano, Clayton Mendonça. "Ambientes de realidade virtual: novas possibilidades." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21116.
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Previous issue date: 2018-03-21<br>Virtual reality (VR) and the forms of interactions with this environment have evolved and advanced a great deal in recent decades. Parallel to the advance of the creation and modeling of three-dimensional (3D) environments, new possibilities arise. Assuming that the virtual environment allows creating scenarios with details and architectural richness, the proposal of this work is focused on the development of a 3D environment and its application in the Web environment, having as object of study the Square Sé, Sao Paulo City. Bibliographical surveys were made to aggregate historical and cultural knowledge, as well as visits in locus for creation of the photographic collection and three-dimensional virtual development. The elaboration of the virtual scenario was made using Sketchup and Unity3D modeling software. Within what was proposed, both the modeling part and the integration part of the Web environment were successful<br>A realidade virtual (RV) e as formas de interações com este ambiente evoluíram e avançaram muito nas últimas décadas. Paralelamente ao avanço da criação e modelagem de ambientes tridimensionais (3D), novas possibilidades surgem. Partindo do princípio que o ambiente virtual permite (re)criar cenários com detalhes e riquezas arquitetônicas, a proposta deste trabalho está voltada ao desenvolvimento de ambiente 3D e sua aplicação no ambiente Web, tendo como objeto de estudo a Praça da Sé, ponto turístico da cidade de São Paulo. Levantamentos bibliográficos foram feitos para agregar conhecimento histórico e cultural, visitas in locus para criação do acervo fotográfico e desenvolvimento virtual tridimensional. A elaboração do cenário virtual foi feita por meio de softwares de modelagem Sketchup e Unity3D. Dentro do que foi proposto obteve-se sucesso tanto na parte de modelagem quanto na parte de integração ao ambiente Web
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Risholm, Rebecka, and Sandén Julia Toft. "Are You Ready For a Virtual Reality Take Off? : A study on Swedish Companies' Perception of Virtual Reality Marketing." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37170.
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Bowman, Michael R. "Creating the Elsewhere: Virtual Reality in the Ancient Roman World." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429644077.
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REYES, REDONDO MARIA CECILIA. "Interactive Fiction in Cinematic Virtual Reality: Epistemology, Creation and Evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Genova, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11567/945937.
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This dissertation presents the Interactive Fiction in Cinematic Virtual Reality (IFcVR), an interactive digital narrative (IDN) that brings together the cinematic virtual reality (cVR) and the creation of virtual environments through 360° video within an interactive fiction (IF) structure. This work is structured in three components: an epistemological approach to this kind of narrative and media
hybrid; the creation process of IFcVR, from development to postproduction; and user evaluation of IFcVR. In order to set the foundations for the creation of interactive VR fiction films, I dissect the IFcVR by investigating the aesthetics, narratological and interactive notions that converge and diverge in it, proposing a medium-conscious narratology for this kind of artefact. This analysis led to
the production of an IFcVR functional prototype: “ZENA”, the first interactive VR film shot in Genoa. ZENA’s creation process is reported proposing some guidelines for interactive and immersive film-makers. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the IFcVR as an entertaining narrative form and a vehicle for diverse types of messages, this study also proposes a methodology to measure User Experience (UX) on IFcVR. The full evaluation protocol gathers both qualitative and quantitative data through ad hoc instruments. The proposed protocol is illustrated through its pilot application on ZENA. Findings show interactors' positive acceptance of IFcVR as an entertaining experience.
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Le, Roux Leandré. "New media art : immersion and the sacrifice of the body." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60375.
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New technologies, such as virtual reality, often draw to itself myths from other fields of interest and discourses. One such myth that has attached itself to virtual reality is the notion that virtual reality can provide a utopia for the mind, or true self, if the body can be cast off. It is this discarding of the body that my thesis aims to investigate in terms of Girardian sacrifice. Girard?s notion of sacrifice is built upon the observation of various cultures throughout history. It stands to reason that in our contemporary, digitally influenced, society, sacrifice, in some form, still persists. I argue that the body, when viewed as disposable, through the use of virtual reality, exhibits the same traits as the selected sacrificial victim. As the myth of a utopia for the mind, or true self, exists prior to the advent of virtual reality, traces of it, as well as the sacrifice I argue it entails, can be found in other texts as well. One such a text is The Chrysalids (Wyndham 1955). This text presents the reader with characters which I argue represent both the mind and body separately. The Chrysalids culminates in the characters representing the mind leaving for a utopian city whilst the character who, I argue, is most strongly associated with the body, Sophie Wender, is killed. It is also argued here in that the notion of abandoning the body is simply a myth since the inability to abandon the body is also discussed in terms of phenomenology, pointing out that the body can ultimately not be completely removed from the making of meaning. This phenomenological acknowledgement of the body, along with a critique The Chrysalids and cyber-utopia?s view of the body, forms the basis of my practical body of work.<br>Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.<br>Visual Arts<br>MA<br>Unrestricted
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Chiu, Hsiao-Chen. "Une évolution permanente : nouveaux essais artistiques et nouveaux médias - Études de Mons 2015 et du Festival d’Art Numérique de Taipei." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCA098.
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Cette thèse est une méditation sur l’art numérique et la perception, qui espère offrir un regard approfondi sur ces sujets. L’évolution technologique, comme le feu de Prométhée, apporte la lumière, et change le mode de vie humain, mais aussi les critères de l’art, en plus de nous introduire dans un monde inimaginable d’hyper-sensations. Science et technologie se déploient dans tous les domaines de la vie, le développement de l’interaction homme-machine nous inonde de dispositifs numériques et multimédia au quotidien, et nous rend familiers des mondes virtuels. Cette recherche explore les interactions entre l’art numérique et ses environnements de création et d’exposition.Deux études de terrain sont ici mises en relation : Le Festival d’Art Numérique de Taipei et Mons 2015, et soulignent un rapport art-science-société comme problématique. D’un point de vue sociologique, l’art numérique représente un microcosme de la société virtuelle et un macrocosme du monde réel, par la création d’une communauté virtuelle invisible.La science technologique incarne l’esprit humain et l’espace-temps, car la relation entre l’homme et la technologie marque la société contemporaine, où le scientifique et l’artiste peuvent créer des mondes imaginaires tout en traversant les oppositions dichotomiques entre la réalité et la virtualité. Ce travail de thèse permet ainsi d’explorer des entrecroisement entre le spectateur et l’œuvre, entre les mondes intelligible et sensible, réel et virtuel, visible et invisible<br>This research is a meditation between digital art and perception of real-life, which hopes to offer a comprehensive look on these issues. Technology developments, such as the fire of Prometheus, not only bring the lights and changes in nature’s way into our daily life, but also the Principles and criteria of art. In addition, the new media bring us into unimaginable and hyper-sensations world. Science and technology are deployed and infiltrated in all area, the development of man-machine interaction flooded with digital devices and media every day, and make us rely on virtual worlds unconsciously. This research explores the interactions between digital art, digital art creation and exhibition environments.Two case studies are made here is related to: The Taipei Digital Art Festival and Mons 2015, and highlight a report art-science-society as problematic definition. From sociological point of view, digital art represents a microcosm of the virtual society and a macrocosm of the real world, by creating an invisible virtual community.Technological science embodies the human spirit and the space-time, because the relationship between man and technology marks contemporary society, where the scientist and the artist can create imaginary worlds while crossing dichotomous oppositions between reality and virtuality. This work allows us to explore the intersection between the viewer and the work, between intelligible and sensible worlds, real and virtual, visible and invisible
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Gomiero, Federica <1997>. "L'oltreverso artistico dei Millenials. La Virtual Reality come mezzo di espressione e rivoluzione dei giovani artisti." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21192.
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Per oltreverso si intende – nella letteratura cyberpunk – un mondo immateriale che si trova al di là del mondo fisico, luogo dove nasce la fantasia e l'immaginazione. Se nella letteratura, l'oltreverso è considerato irraggiungibile, nel XXI secolo, esiste un mezzo per poterlo esplorare, la realtà virtuale. La VR è uno strumento dalle mille potenzialità per il mondo tecnologico – Zuckerberg ha da poco annunciato l’arrivo del metaverse -, ma anche per l’arte contemporanea. La tesi si concentra, quindi, sugli universi virtuali realizzati da artisti appartenenti alla generazione dei Millenials, protagonisti dello sviluppo e dell’avanzamento della tecnologia negli ultimi vent’anni. Attraverso interviste e analisi di opere, si affrontano le rivoluzioni estetiche portate da questo nuovo mezzo all’interno del mondo artistico, con particolare attenzione verso il ruolo dell’utente, verso la nuova tipologia di visione e verso l’interattività. Uno spazio è invece dedicato alle conseguenze che la pandemia di Covid-19 ha portato nella nostra percezione e considerazione della virtualità, lasciando aperto il dibattito tra le opinioni personali degli artisti intervistati.
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Miatto, Elena <1995>. "Virtual Reality: sviluppi e prospettive della narrazione. Studio sull’utilizzo della VR nel settore artistico e cinematografico." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/19078.
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Tra i nuovi media digitali, la Realtà Virtuale sta sempre più riscontrando un maggior utilizzo come nuovo strumento di supporto in diversi ambiti professionali, comprese le industrie culturali e creative. Il seguente elaborato espone le potenzialità di questo new media, applicato al settore artistico e culturale, andando ad analizzare nello specifico il rapporto che lo lega con il settore cinematografico. Si può considerare la realtà virtuale come un mezzo innovativo per creare uno storytelling e può diventare un nuovo modo per realizzare una narrazione e condurre uno spettacolo?
Partendo da una definizione tecnica dello strumento – annoverato nella categoria della extended reality e affiancato a nuovi media digitali quali la augmented and mixed reality - si ripercorrono brevemente le tappe storiche che hanno portato alla creazione della VR così come conosciuta oggi, descrivendo anche i rapporti che può intrattenere con il mondo videoludico e con la video arte. Ci si sofferma sulla sua relazione con il settore del cinema e del teatro, esponendo gli elementi che hanno in comune e quelli che li differenziano e analizzando la costruzione di una narrazione, la caratteristica dell’immersione e la chiave emotiva. Un percorso che porta alla costruzione di prodotti in realtà virtuale “lineare” ed “interattiva” e all’implementazione che può fornire al teatro e al cinema.
Si conclude con un focus sulla produzione di un cortometraggio in realtà virtuale “lineare”, approfondendo anche l’aspetto finale di distribuzione e di fruizione del prodotto: dalla visione in streaming alla candidatura ai festival cinematografici o del settore – tra i quali la Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.
La ricerca è stata costruita con l’ausilio di diverse fonti: saggi ed articoli accademici e materiale di archivio della Biennale di Venezia; interviste dirette con registi ed esperti del settore cinematografico e della realtà virtuale e alla visione ed esperienza diretta della maggior parte dei progetti descritti.
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Waller, James. "Un/Grounded: Representing the Experience of Contemporary Space." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367571.
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This project is about the experience of contemporary space and its representation in painting. Both the exegesis and studio work investigate the transformations that have occurred in the way we conceptualise and experience space in response to new communication technologies and the related formation of a global economy. The exegesis contends that Modernist space, with its defined regimes of control and order, has been replaced by a complex situation that disrupts traditional spatio-temporal understandings and blurs the boundary between actual and virtual reality. It argues our experience of space is now based as much on immaterial phenomena as physical locality, and our individual motivations and circumstances influenced significantly by supra-spatial networks of information transfer. As Arjun Appadurai (1996) argues, the speed and diffuse circulation of ideas, images, finance and information is unprecedented and fuels the imaginations and desires of all.<br>Thesis (Professional Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Visual Arts (DVA)<br>Queensland College of Art<br>Arts, Education and Law<br>Full Text
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Dupont, de Dinechin Grégoire. "Towards comfortable virtual reality viewing of virtual environments created from photographs of the real world." Thesis, Université Paris sciences et lettres, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPSLM049.
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La reconstitution en réalité virtuelle de lieux, personnes, et objets réels ouvre la voie à de nombreux usages, tels que préserver et promouvoir des sites culturels, générer des avatars photoréalistes pour se retrouver virtuellement avec famille et amis à distance, ou encore recréer des lieux ou situations spécifiques à des fins thérapeutiques ou de formation. Tout cela s'appuie sur notre capacité à transformer des images du monde réel (photos et vidéos) en environnements 360° immersifs et objets 3D interactifs. Cependant, ces environnements virtuels à base d'images demeurent souvent imparfaits, et peuvent ainsi rendre le visionnage en réalité virtuelle inconfortable pour les utilisateurs. En particulier, il est difficile de reconstituer avec précision la géométrie d'une scène réelle, et souvent de nombreuses approximations sont ainsi faites qui peuvent être source d'inconfort lors de l'observation ou du déplacement. De même, il est difficile de restituer fidèlement l'aspect visuel de la scène : les méthodes classiques ne peuvent ainsi restituer certains effets visuels complexes tels que transparence et réflexions spéculaires, tandis que les algorithmes de rendu plus spécialisés ont tendance à générer des artefacts visuels et peuvent être source de latence. Par ailleurs, ces problèmes deviennent d'autant plus complexes lorsqu'il s'agit de reconstituer des personnes, l'oeil humain étant très sensible aux défauts dans l'apparence ou le comportement de personnages virtuels. Par conséquent, l'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier les méthodes permettant de rendre les utilisateurs plus confortables lors du visionnage immersif de reconstitutions digitales du monde réel, par l'amélioration et le développement de nouvelles méthodes de création d'environnements virtuels à partir de photos. Nous démontrons et évaluons ainsi des solutions permettant (1) de fournir une meilleure parallaxe de mouvement lors du visionnage d'images 360°, par le biais d'une interface immersive pour l'estimation de cartes de profondeur, (2) de générer automatiquement des agents virtuels 3D capables d'interaction à partir de vidéos 360°, en combinant des modèles pré-entrainés d'apprentissage profond, et (3) de restituer des effets visuels de façon photoréaliste en réalité virtuelle, par le développement d'outils que nous appliquons ensuite pour recréer virtuellement la collection d'un musée de minéralogie. Nous évaluons chaque approche par le biais d'études utilisateur, et rendons notre code accessible sous forme d'outils open source<br>There are many applications to capturing and digitally recreating real-world people and places for virtual reality (VR), such as preserving and promoting cultural heritage sites, placing users face-to-face with faraway family and friends, and creating photorealistic replicas of specific locations for therapy and training. This is typically done by transforming sets of input images, i.e. photographs and videos, into immersive 360° scenes and interactive 3D objects. However, such image-based virtual environments are often flawed such that they fail to provide users with a comfortable viewing experience. In particular, accurately recovering the scene's 3D geometry is a difficult task, causing many existing approaches to make approximations that are likely to cause discomfort, e.g. as the scene appears distorted or seems to move with the viewer during head motion. In the same way, existing solutions most often fail to accurately render the scene's visual appearance in a comfortable fashion. Standard 3D reconstruction pipelines thus commonly average out captured view-dependent effects such as specular reflections, whereas complex image-based rendering algorithms often fail to achieve VR-compatible framerates, and are likely to cause distracting visual artifacts outside of a small range of head motion. Finally, further complications arise when the goal is to virtually recreate people, as inaccuracies in the appearance of the displayed 3D characters or unconvincing responsive behavior may be additional sources of unease. Therefore, in this thesis, we investigate the extent to which users can be made more comfortable when viewing digital replicas of the real world in VR, by enhancing, combining, and designing new solutions for creating virtual environments from input sets of photographs. We thus demonstrate and evaluate solutions for (1) providing motion parallax during the viewing of 360° images, using a VR interface for estimating depth information, (2) automatically generating responsive 3D virtual agents from 360° videos, by combining pre-trained deep learning networks, and (3) rendering captured view-dependent effects at high framerates in a game engine widely used for VR development, which we apply to digitally recreate a museum's mineralogy collection. We evaluate and discuss each approach by way of user studies, and make our codebase available as an open-source toolkit
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Nechvatal, Jospeh. "Immersive ideals/critical distances : a study of the affinity between artistic ideologies based in virtual reality and previous immersive idioms." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1999. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/immersive-ideals--critical-distances(da015b14-2ee9-4d37-ad31-0b3f8ab7dda5).html.
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My research into Virtual Reality technology and its central property of immersion has indicated that immersion in Virtual Reality (VR) electronic systems is a significant key to the understanding of contemporary culture as well as considerable aspects of previous culture as detected in the histories of philosophy and the visual arts. The fundamental change in aesthetic perception engendered by immersion, a perception which is connected to the ideal of total-immersion in virtual space, identifies certain shifts in ontology which are relevant to a better understanding of the human being. This understanding was achieved through a broad inquiry into the histories of Virtual Reality, philosophy, and the visual arts and has lead to the formulation of an aesthetic theory of immersive consciousness indicative of immersive culture. The primary subject of this discourse is immersion then: an experience which will be identified within the dissertation as the indispensable characteristic of Virtual Reality. The understanding of immersion arrived at here will be used to fashion a synchronous theory of art particularly informed by encounters and concepts of immersion into virtuality. To sufficiently address this subject in a scholarly fashion, I have researched, found and accumulated aesthetic and philosophic examples of immersive tendencies, as found within the histories of art and philosophy, which subsequently contributed towards the articulation of what I have come to call immersive consciousness. As a result of formulating such an immersive consciousness, a good deal of the basis for the questioning of the Western ontological tradition has been found in the Western tradition itself when we look with new eyes and ask new uncertain questions. Moreover, this immersive consciousness will be used to propose some abstract questions encircling today's electronic-based culture. Through the structuring of the argument within the thesis - and overtly within the conclusion -1 have articulated a non-teleological creative strategy which provides the basis for an unconstraining integration of noologies (ways of semblancing the thinking process). This strategy provides a means of exemplifying - and for honoring - various methods of thinking. This structuring strategy is consistent with the 'hacker ethic' as defined by Steven Levy, as a demand that access to computers - and anything which might teach us something about the way the world works - should be unlimited and total. To follow this strategy, this dissertation has set out to understand how topical conceptions of virtual immersion connect to pre-existing systems of thought as revealed in art as they have extended out of antecedent ontological self-understands, historical human self-understands which have evidenced themselves in the elaboration of technological objectives. To do this I have forged a certain rhizomatic paternity/maternity for Virtual Reality within this dissertation by joining choice immersive examples of simulacra technology into mental connections with the relevant examples culled from the histories of art, architecture, information-technology, sex, myth, space, consciousness and philosophy.
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McGeachy, Heather Losey. "My life as Sistina Smiles." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/H_Mcgeachy_041509.pdf.
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Voruganti, Lavanya. "An Analysis of Motivational Cues in Virtual Environments." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4352/.
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Guiding navigation in virtual environments (VEs) is a challenging task. A key issue in the navigation of a virtual environment is to be able to strike a balance between the user's need to explore the environment freely and the designer's need to ensure that the user experiences all the important events in the VE. This thesis reports on a study aimed at comparing the effectiveness of various navigation cues that are used to motivate users towards a specific target location. The results of this study indicate some significant differences in how users responded to the various cues.
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Preusse, David N. "Studying the Impact of a Summer Training Course on Teacher Ability to Use and Integrate an Innovative Online Museum Curriculum in Secondary Schools." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248522/.
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This study seeks to answer the overarching question of how the use of a digitally delivered arts curriculum, including a virtual museum environment, affects teacher's perceptions of curriculum integration and whether they believe it is successful in the classroom. This study is based on the analysis of archival data collected during a pilot study that was conducted in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. This pilot study used a qualitative, descriptive approach and included the use of surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observations. The main focus of this study was on the experiences of a selection of educators who took part in the pilot study and summer training sessions to determine the successes and challenges they faced as they sought to the implement the experimental digitally delivered arts curriculum. The results of the study should improve the field's understanding of how virtual environments and technology can influence teacher experiences and perceptions of their potential value for learning as they continue to take hold in public schools worldwide.
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Schaaf, Andrea J. "Tilt Brush: The Utilization of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Evaluating Self-Reported Anxiety, Depression, & Stress." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563525498257936.
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Chen, Wei. "Effects of navigation velocities in fore-and-aft, lateral, yaw axes on cybersickness caused by exposure to a virtual environment /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202006%20CHEN.
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Stewart, Austin M. "The Militant Gardener." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339586615.
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Aumeerally, Manisah, and n/a. "Analytic Model Derivation Of Microfluidic Flow For MEMS Virtual-Reality CAD." Griffith University. School of Information and Communication Technology, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20061106.095352.
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This thesis derives a first approximation model that will describe the flow of fluid in microfluidic devices such as in microchannels, microdiffusers and micronozzles using electrical network modelling. The important parameter that is of concern is the flow rates of these devices. The purpose of this work is to contribute to the physical component of our interactive Virtual Reality (VR)-prototyping tool for MEMS, with emphasis on fast calculations for interactive CAD design. Current calculations are too time consuming and not suitable for interactive CAD with dynamic animations. This work contributes to and fills the need for the development of MEMS dynamic visualisation, showing the movement of fluid within microdevices in time scale. Microfluidic MEMS devices are used in a wide range of applications, such as in chemical analysis, gene expression analysis, electronic cooling system and inkjet printers. Their success lies in their microdimensions, enabling the creation of systems that are considerably minute yet can contain many complex subsystems. With this reduction in size, the advantages of requiring less material for analysis, less power consumption, less wastage and an increase in portability becomes their selling point. Market size is in excess of US$50 billion in 2004, according to a study made by Nexus. New applications are constantly being developed leading to creation of new devices, such as the DNA and the protein chip. Applications are found in pharmaceuticals, diagnostic, biotechnology and the food industry. An example is the outcome of the mapping and sequencing of the human genome DNA in the late 1990's leading to greater understanding of our genetic makeup. Armed with this knowledge, doctors will be able to treat diseases that were deemed untreatable before, such as diabetes or cancer. Among the tools with which that can be achieved include the DNA chip which is used to analyse an individual's genetic makeup and the Gene chip used in the study of cancer. With this burgeoning influx of new devices and an increase in demand for them there is a need for better and more efficient designs. The MEMS design process is time consuming and costly. Many calculations rely on Finite Element Analysis, which has slow and time consuming algorithms, that make interactive CAD unworkable. This is because the iterative algorithms for calculating the animated images showing the ongoing proccess as they occur, are too slow. Faster computers do not solve the void of efficient algorithms, because with faster computer also comes the demand for a fasters response. A 40 - 90 minute FEA calculation will not be replaced by a faster computer in the next decades to an almost instant response. Efficient design tools are required to shorten this process. These interactive CAD tools need to be able to give quick yet accurate results. Current CAD tools involve time consuming numerical analysis technique which requires hours of numerous iterations for the device structure design followed by more calculations to achieve the required output specification. Although there is a need for a detailed analysis, especially in solving for a particular aspect of the design, having a tool to quickly get a first approximation will greatly shorten the guesswork involved in determining the overall requirement. The underlying theory for the fluid flow model is based on traditional continuum theory and the Navier-Stokes equation is used in the derivation of a layered flow model in which the flow region is segmented into layered sections, each having different flow rates. The flow characteristics of each sections are modeled as electrical components in an electrical circuit. Matlab 6.5 (MatlabTM) is used for the modelling aspect and Simulink is used for the simulation.
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Hetsel, Gene A. (Gene Arthur). "Virtual Reality for Scientific Visualization: an Exploratory Analysis of Presentation Methods." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500890/.
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Humans are very effective at evaluating information visually. Scientific visualization is concerned with the process of presenting complex data in visual form to exploit this capability. A large array of tools is currently available for visual presentation. This research attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of three different presentation models that could be used for scientific visualization. The presentation models studied were, two-dimensional perspective rendering, field sequential stereoscopic three dimensional rendering and immersive virtual reality rendering. A large section of a three dimensional sub surface seismic survey was modeled as four-dimensional data by including a value for seismic reflectivity at each point in the survey. An artificial structure was randomly inserted into this data model and subjects were asked to locate and identify the structures. A group of seventeen volunteers from the University of Houston student body served as subjects for the study. Detection time, discrimination time and discrimination accuracy were recorded. The results showed large inter subject variation in presentation model preference. In addition the data suggest a possible gender effect. Female subjects had better overall performance on the task as well as better task acquisition.
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Khundam, Chaowanan. "Evaluation de l'usage de la réalité virtuelle pour la promotion de patrimoine historique." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAI017/document.
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Les applications de patrimoine numérique ont été largement développées grâce aux techniques de réalité virtuelle, également appelées Virtual Museum (VM). Les appareils et les contenus numériques augmentent considérablement, ce qui permet le système d’interaction de faire immerger les utilisateurs dans la VM. Afin de développer une application interactive, une interaction est toujours définie avant la création d'une application sur la plate-forme sélectionnée. Cela dépend du contenu et des appareils, ce qui est limité s’il y a le changement d'appareil. A l’heure actuelle, les technologies de la réalité virtuelle évoluent rapidement. Une plate-forme de développement d’application doit supporter l’évolution des périphériques et optimiser les systèmes d’interaction à utiliser dans les ordinateurs virtuels. Cependant, l'organisation des périphériques et la structure du contenu sur une plate-forme ne font toujours pas l'objet d'une gestion efficace pour soutenir une interaction alternative en général.Nous avons proposé une nouvelle méthode pour développer une application de VM qui fournit un modèle de narration numérique pour créer un contenu interactif et un système d’interaction adaptatif dans lequel une application est exportable dans n’importe quel appareil. Nous fournissons aux développeurs des outils d’édition flexibles pour gérer la structure du contenu. L'utilisation des interactions sera interprétée dans une abstraction de haut niveau et exécutée sur un périphérique matériel de bas niveau où les interactions ont été adaptées. La narration spécifie le comportement d'interaction qui peut conduire à une interaction dans une scène virtuelle, même un périphérique peut être commuté. Notre système d'interaction adaptatif supporte l'identification des capacités des appareils et des attentes en matière de narration qui pourraient être sélectionnées pour un système d'apprentissage efficace et pour améliorer le niveau d'immersion. Cette mise en œuvre est utile à déployer non seulement pour le développement d'applications de patrimoine numérique, mais également pour l'ingénierie industrielle où un contenu interactif et un travail collaboratif sont nécessaires<br>Digital heritage applications have been widely developed through Virtual Reality (VR) technologies as known as Virtual Museum (VM). Devices and digital contents are significantly increasing which support interaction system to immerse users into VM. In order to develop interactive application, interaction is always defined before creating application up to selected platform. It depends on a given content and devices which is limited when considering switching devices. Nowadays VR technologies is rapid changing, a platform to develop application should support devices changing and also to optimize interaction system to be used in VM. However, both devices organization and contents structure on a platform is still lacking efficient management to support alternative interaction in general.We proposed a novel method for developing a VM application providing digital storytelling template to create interactive content and adaptive interaction system where an application is exportable into any device. We provide flexible editing tools for developer to manage the content structure. The interaction usage will be interpreted into a high-level abstraction and run on a low-level hardware device where interactions have been adapted. Storytelling will specify interaction behavior which can drive interaction in a virtual scene even device may be switched. Our adaptive interaction system supports to identify devices capabilities and storytelling expectation which could be selected for efficiency learning system and improve level of immersion. This implementation is useful to deploy not only for the development of digital heritage applications, but also for industrial engineering where interactive content and collaborative working are required
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Galvane, Quentin. "Automatic Cinematography and Editing in Virtual Environments." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAM033/document.
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La libre diffusion de modèles 3D de qualité ainsi que la mise à disposition de nombreux moyens facilitant la création de contenus animés ont permis de populariser la production d'oeuvres cinématographiques 3D.A l'heure actuelle, on peut cependant observer un manque important d'outils permettant de traiter la cinématographie (placement des caméras pour l'enregistrement des plans) et d'effectuer le montage de tels contenus (sélection des plans et transitions entre caméras). La création d'un film nécessite la connaissance d'un grand nombre de règles et de conventions.La plupart des systèmes d'animation ne disposant pas de ces connaissances, le besoin de méthodes automatiques qui pourraient, au moins partiellement, assister l'utilisateur dans son entreprise créative, se fait de plus en plus ressentir. A travers cette thèse, nous abordons à la fois la gestion automatique de la cinématographie ainsi que le montage des plans générés.L'utilisation de caméras pour retranscrire les actions et événements se déroulant au sein d'un environnement dynamique est une préoccupation importante de beaucoup d'applications graphiques. Dans le contexte de la simulation de foule, nous présentons une nouvelle approche qui aborde le contrôle simultané de plusieurs caméras filmant un groupe de cibles. Nous proposons un système se reposant sur le modèle de "comportements guidées" développé par Reynolds. Celui-ci permet de contrôler et coordonner localement un ensemble de caméras évoluant dans un environnement afin de filmer les différents événements s'y déroulant.Le montage d'un film est une tache particulièrement complexe et méticuleuse qui nécessite de profondes connaissances du domaine. L'automatisation de cette tache requiert donc la formalisation de cette expertise. En utilisant la méthode de montage linéaire - ou "continuity editing" ; il s'agit de la technique de montage la plus utilisée - comme référence pour l'évaluation du montage, nous présentons une nouvelle approche au montage automatique d'animations 3D se reposant sur une méthode d'optimisation. En s'appuyant sur une hypothèse semi-Markovienne, notre méthode utilise la programmation dynamique afin de calculer efficacement les solutions.A partir de notre première contribution, nous proposons ensuite une nouvelle approche à la création de "replay" cinématiques qui utilise à la fois les informations narratives et géométriques extraites du jeu pour automatiquement calculer la trajectoire de la caméra. En combinant ce système avec notre framework de montage, notre solution génère rapidement les replay de sessions de jeu.Enfin, en prenant inspiration de pratiques couramment utilisées dans l'industrie du cinéma, nous proposons une nouvelle approche à la planification de mouvements de caméra. Notre solution assure le réalisme des trajectoires en contraignant les caméras sur des rails virtuels. La position et l'orientation de la caméra sont optimisées dans le temps le long du rail pour satisfaire différentes propriétés visuelles. Les plans générés sont ensuite envoyés à notre framework de montage qui génère alors la séquence cinématographique<br>The wide availability of high-resolution 3D models and the facility to create new geometrical and animated content, using low-cost input devices, open to many the possibility of becoming digital 3D storytellers. To date there is however a clear lack of accessible tools to easily create the cinematography (positioning and moving the cameras to create shots) and perform the editing of such stories (selecting appropriate cuts between the shots created by the cameras). Creating a movie requires the knowledge of a significant amount of empirical rules and established conventions. Most 3D animation packages do not encompass this expertise, calling the need for automatic approaches that would, at least partially, support users in their creative process. In this thesis we address both challenges of automating cinematography and editing in virtual environments.Using cameras to convey events and actions in dynamic environments is a major concern in many CG applications.In the context of crowd simulation, we present a novel approach to address the challenge of controlling multiple cameras tracking groups of targets. In this first contribution we propose a system that relies on Reynolds' model of steering behaviors to control and locally coordinate a collection of autonomous camera agents evolving in the dynamic 3D environments to shot multi-scale events.Editing a movie is a complex and tedious endeavor that requires a lot of expertise in the field. Therefore, automating the process calls for a formalization of this knowledge. Using continuity editing -- the predominant style of editing -- as a benchmark for evaluating edits, we introduce a novel optimization-based approach for automatically creating well-edited movies from a 3D animation. We propose an efficient solution through dynamic programming, by relying on a plausible semi-Markov assumption.Building upon our first contribution we then propose a novel importance-driven approach to cinematic replay that exploits both the narrative and geometric information in games to automatically compute camera paths. Combined with our editing framework, our solution generates coherent cinematic replays of game sessions.Finally, drawing inspiration from standard practices in the movie industry, we introduce a novel approach to camera path planning. This solution ensures realistic trajectories by constraining camera motion on a virtual rail. The camera position and orientation are optimized in time along the rail to best satisfy visual properties. The computed shots constitute relevant inputs for the editing framework which then generates compelling cinematographic content
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Berntsdotter, Vallgren Diana. "I den virtuella verkligehtens rum för konst : En fenomenologisk undersökning av applikationen Acute Art X utifrån rum och plats." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446053.
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In this master thesis I examinate the experience of space, place and genius loci in the application Acute Art X and the virtual reality art works at the platform, using a phenomenological method. Six artworks were on display while the thesis was authored. All the displayed artworks were analysed because of their variation of theme, topic, and experience. The applied method uses the body and the perception as tools to reach the phenomenon of the space, place and genius loci in the virtual reality artworks presented in the application. The applied theories are theory of space, theory of place and genius loci – the spirit of place. Space being the surrounding area where life takes place, it is produces by man or by nature. Space is there for more of an architectural character, while place is defined by particularity of its inherent meaning. The production of space in the virtual reality art works be a representation of physical space, produced to mediate an artistic content. The virtual reality spaces of art are based on the model of all-encompassing frescoes dated 2000 years back, where entire spaces and rooms were covered by illusional art works. The immersive experience of being inside of the artwork has reached its next development with the technique of virtual reality. The enclosed experience of being inside of an artwork is examined in this thesis, along with the outcomes of the artworks forming of an artistic virtual reality world. Main questions: What is the experience of the application Acute Art X, as a space and place for art, as an exhibition space? What is the experience of space, place, and the function of the place in the virtual reality artworks displayed in the application? What is the experience of the physical body´s functions in the virtual reality worlds of the art works? How are the conditions between the intentions of the virtual reality artworks and the genius loci of the virtual place? The conclusions are made from the discussion about the phenomenology method, which puts the position of the physical body in a new experience based on the perception’s location inside the virtual reality artworks, and of the experience of space, place, and the spirit of the places – genius loci – in the virtual reality artworks. The artworks are the places, not made at an already existing place, and the artworks inherited meaning are the same as the genius loci of the virtual reality worlds of art.
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Silveira, Greice Antolini. "IMERSÃO: SENSAÇÃO REDIMENSIONADA PELAS TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS NA ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5199.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>This Master Thesis goals the comprehension of the enlargement that digital images add to the art field, specially the immersion feeling. It is thought that the feeling that the observer is inside the images is intensified by artistic experiences with digital technology, in this way it seems to be important to discuss such subject in a contemporary context, searching for some differences of the idea of immersion into images before and after digital technologies. To understand this transition from analog to digital image, that could be talks to as the production of image, considering the difference of being in front of, amid or in the image, besides explaining about the passage from observation to interaction between the art work and the interactor. Being within an ambient or not depends primarily on the comprehension of reality, so it is presented in this study discussions on reality, some questions on virtual and virtual reality Some devices are approached, so their contribution to the thinking of the feeling of immersion in artistic images relating it with current trend and getting in digital devices aside from showing some immersion levels suggested by researchers. For some detailed forthcoming the following art works will be analyzed: Osmose (2005) by Chair Davies and VRAquarium (2005) by Diana Domingues and Artecno team. Images that fullfil 360 grades from the observer sight can be found among all the Art History; some of them were made in order to cause in the spectator an immersion feeling in the presented scene. Therefore the attempt to comprehend the possible modifications that digital imaging provide to the Arts, especially the feeling of immersion, demonstrates itself as pertinent to understand how images can be presented at contemporary times.<br>Esta dissertação tem como objetivo compreender o redimensionamento que as imagens digitais dão ao campo da arte, sobretudo a sensação de imersão. Acredita-se que a sensação do observador estar na imagem intensifica-se a partir das experimentações artísticas com tecnologias digitais, de modo que é importante discutir este tema no contexto contemporâneo, buscando identificar algumas diferenças da ideia de imersão nas imagens antes e depois das tecnologias digitais. Para entender esta passagem da imagem analógica à digital discorre-se como ocorre a produção da imagem, ponderando sobre a diferença de estar diante, em meio ou na imagem, além de explanar sobre a passagem da observação à interatividade entre obra e interator. Estar ou não imerso em outro ambiente depende primeiramente da compreensão que se tem da realidade, assim também se apresentam neste estudo uma discussão acerca da realidade, algumas questões sobre o virtual e a realidade virtual. Abordam-se alguns dispositivos que contribuem para pensar a sensação de imersão em imagens artísticas, relacionando-os com propostas atuais, chegando até os dispositivos digitais, além de apresentar alguns níveis de imersão propostos por diferentes pesquisadores. Para uma aproximação mais aprofundada, analisa-se as obras Osmose (1995) de Char Davies e VRAquarium (2005), de Diana Domingues e Grupo Artecno. Imagens que compreendem 360 graus da visão do observador podem ser encontradas durante toda história da arte, de modo que, algumas vezes elas são realizadas com o intuito de causar a sensação de imersão na cena apresentada. Assim, tentar compreender as possíveis modificações que a imagem digital proporciona ao campo da arte, sobretudo a sensação de imersão, mostra-se pertinente para entender como as imagens podem ser apresentadas na contemporaneidade.
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Thompson, Paul. "An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice : exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/999.
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This research was initiated by questions raised from the researcher’s professional activities in fine art printmaking and examines, through contextualised artistic practice and critical enquiry, redefinitions in the physical and temporal parameters of digitally mediated fine art printmaking caused by developments in digital media; specifically the impact of digital culture, Web2.0, social networking, augmented and virtual reality. Grounded on critical contextual review the research explores, through contextualised research probes, the notion of post-physical practice and the impact of new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption on contemporary printmaking. It includes the findings of an international, digitally mediated, participatory and collaborative exchange survey of contemporary digital print, developed through direct enquiry using social media as a research tool. Philosophical questions about the impact of eculture, post-physical working and new modes of print-based artistic practice were examined, as well as the indexicality of the print itself in augmented and virtual contexts. The research employs dynamic triangulation between critical contextual review and direct qualitative and practice-based research; to develop a taxonomy framing the contextual precedents of digital printmaking, pinpointing key markers of transition between traditional and new printmaking. It uses post-studio methods and explores the conception, production, editioning, collection and ownership of print in an increasingly networked digital age, providing proof of concept and exploring virtual immersive surfaces in printmaking. These lead to the development of new models for a second generation of printmaking practice or Printmaking2.0 expressly founded in post-physical practice in a poststudio context and embracing the lingua franca of contemporary digital practice in the production of born digital virtually imprinted forms. In both, the technical practice of post-physical printmaking and the significant artistic implications resulting from the cultural shifts following digital participation and post-physical embodiment.
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Mumbi, Chanda Kabungo. "An investigation of the role of trust in virtual project management success /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071213.92259.
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Guez, Judith. "Illusions entre le réel et le virtuel (IRV) comme nouvelles formes artistiques : présence et émerveillement." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 8, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA080109.
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Les illusions surprennent, amusent et émerveillent. Si parmi les intentions esthétiques du créateur, se trouve l’objectif de provoquer chez le spectateur des interrogations face à sa perception de la réalité quotidienne, alors les illusions peuvent devenir un atout essentiel dans la création artistique.Par ailleurs, le domaine de la réalité virtuelle et mixte, avec ses technologies numériques d’immersion et d’interaction, offre de nouvelles possibilités pour « transporter » le spectateur dans des mondes inhabituels, imaginés par les artistes.Ainsi, à partir de mon double intérêt pour les illusions et la réalité virtuelle et mixte, j’ai été amenée à développer une recherche-création sur les nouvelles formes artistiques d’illusion. Inspirée de la méthodologie complexe d’Edgard Morin, j’ai exploré théoriquement et pratiquement l’espace des illusions entre le réel et le virtuel (IRV), afin d’identifier et de créer ces nouvelles formes artistiques émergeant de la synergie des relations entre le spectateur, l’œuvre et l’artiste. J’ai composé ma propre palette de création d’IRV, qui parcourt les trois frontières : celle entre le réel et le virtuel, celle entre le réel et l’illusion, et enfin celle entre le virtuel et l’illusion. Et j’ai clarifié ma démarche artistique émergeant de cette recherche : viser à l’exploration de nouvelles expériences d’illusions entre le réel et le virtuel, afin d’atteindre de plus grandes profondeurs d’illusion et de présence dans l’expérience proposée au spectateur. Je me rapproche alors de ce que je nomme la survirtualité, le virtuel étant un merveilleux moyen pour imaginer, rêver des mondes d’illusions imbriquées<br>Illusions surprise, amuse and amaze. If among the aesthetic intentions of the creator is the objective of raising questions in the spectator's mind about her own perception of everyday reality, then illusions can become an essential asset of artistic creation. Furthermore, we observe that the field of virtual and mixed reality, with its digital technologies of immersion and interaction, provides new possibilities to "transport" the spectator in unusual worlds, imagined by the artists. Thus, from my double interest in illusions and virtual and mixed reality, I was led to develop a research-creation on new artistic forms of illusion. Inspired from Edgard Morin's method of complexity, I theoretically and practically explored the space of illusions between the real and the virtual (IRV), to identify and create these new art forms emerging from the synergy of the relationship between the spectator, the artistic work and the artist. I composed my own palette for the creation of IRV, which covers the three borders: the one between the real and the virtual, the one between the virtual ant the illusion, and finally the one between the virtual and the illusion. I thus clarified my artistic approach emerging from this research: aiming at the development of experiments nesting several levels of illusions of reality, with the help of real and virtual apparatuses, and striving to explore illusions unique to the virtual, to achieve deeper illusion and presence in the experience offered to the spectator. I can then go closer to what I call the survirtuality, the virtual being a wonderful way to imagine, to dream worlds of nested illusions
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Guez, Judith. "Illusions entre le réel et le virtuel (IRV) comme nouvelles formes artistiques : présence et émerveillement." Thesis, Paris 8, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA080109/document.
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Les illusions surprennent, amusent et émerveillent. Si parmi les intentions esthétiques du créateur, se trouve l’objectif de provoquer chez le spectateur des interrogations face à sa perception de la réalité quotidienne, alors les illusions peuvent devenir un atout essentiel dans la création artistique.Par ailleurs, le domaine de la réalité virtuelle et mixte, avec ses technologies numériques d’immersion et d’interaction, offre de nouvelles possibilités pour « transporter » le spectateur dans des mondes inhabituels, imaginés par les artistes.Ainsi, à partir de mon double intérêt pour les illusions et la réalité virtuelle et mixte, j’ai été amenée à développer une recherche-création sur les nouvelles formes artistiques d’illusion. Inspirée de la méthodologie complexe d’Edgard Morin, j’ai exploré théoriquement et pratiquement l’espace des illusions entre le réel et le virtuel (IRV), afin d’identifier et de créer ces nouvelles formes artistiques émergeant de la synergie des relations entre le spectateur, l’œuvre et l’artiste. J’ai composé ma propre palette de création d’IRV, qui parcourt les trois frontières : celle entre le réel et le virtuel, celle entre le réel et l’illusion, et enfin celle entre le virtuel et l’illusion. Et j’ai clarifié ma démarche artistique émergeant de cette recherche : viser à l’exploration de nouvelles expériences d’illusions entre le réel et le virtuel, afin d’atteindre de plus grandes profondeurs d’illusion et de présence dans l’expérience proposée au spectateur. Je me rapproche alors de ce que je nomme la survirtualité, le virtuel étant un merveilleux moyen pour imaginer, rêver des mondes d’illusions imbriquées<br>Illusions surprise, amuse and amaze. If among the aesthetic intentions of the creator is the objective of raising questions in the spectator's mind about her own perception of everyday reality, then illusions can become an essential asset of artistic creation. Furthermore, we observe that the field of virtual and mixed reality, with its digital technologies of immersion and interaction, provides new possibilities to "transport" the spectator in unusual worlds, imagined by the artists. Thus, from my double interest in illusions and virtual and mixed reality, I was led to develop a research-creation on new artistic forms of illusion. Inspired from Edgard Morin's method of complexity, I theoretically and practically explored the space of illusions between the real and the virtual (IRV), to identify and create these new art forms emerging from the synergy of the relationship between the spectator, the artistic work and the artist. I composed my own palette for the creation of IRV, which covers the three borders: the one between the real and the virtual, the one between the virtual ant the illusion, and finally the one between the virtual and the illusion. I thus clarified my artistic approach emerging from this research: aiming at the development of experiments nesting several levels of illusions of reality, with the help of real and virtual apparatuses, and striving to explore illusions unique to the virtual, to achieve deeper illusion and presence in the experience offered to the spectator. I can then go closer to what I call the survirtuality, the virtual being a wonderful way to imagine, to dream worlds of nested illusions
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Dreifaldt, Ulrika, and Erik Lövquist. "The construction of a Haptic application in a Virtual Environment as a post-Stroke arm Rehabilitation exercise." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6155.
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<p>This thesis describes a six-month project based on stroke rehabilitation and involves designing with medical doctors, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist, prototyping and evaluating with both stroke patients and other users. Our project involves the construction of a rehabilitation exercise system, based on virtual environments (VE) and haptics, designed for stroke patients. Our system uses a commercially available haptic device called the PHANTOM Omni, which has the possibility of being used as a rehabilitation tool to interact with virtual environments. The PHANTOM Omni is used in combination with our own developed software based on the platform H3D API. Our goal is to construct an application which will motivate the stroke patient to start using their arm again.</p><p>We give a review of the different aspects of stroke, rehabilitation, VE and haptics and how these have previously been combined. We describe our findings from our literature studies and from informal interviews with medical personnel. From these conclusions we attempt to take the research area further by suggesting and evaluating designs of different games/genres that can be used with the PHANTOM Omni as possible haptic exercises for post-stroke arm rehabilitation. We then present two different implementations to show how haptic games can be constructed. We mainly focus on an application we built, a game, using an iterative design process based on studies conducted during the project, called "The Labyrinth". The game is used to show many of the different aspects that have to be taken into account when designing haptic games for stroke patients. From a study with three stroke patients we have seen that "The Labyrinth" has the potential of being a stimulating, encouraging and fun exercise complement to the traditional rehabilitation. Through the design process and knowledge we acquired during this thesis we have created a set of general design guidelines that we believe can help in the future software development of haptic games for post-stroke arm rehabilitation.</p>
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Alvarez, Guido Esteban. "Soul Hunting." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1069.
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According to the Webster's unabridged dictionary, a mania is an excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze. I experience a mania on a daily basis: I take photographs. I trap photographs inside flat, airless fish tanks where time stands still. The creatures captured inside the tanks resurrect every time I see them to remind me of a sound, an odor, a flavor, and, ultimately, a feeling I once experienced and now cherish. This project will attempt to show the energy captured in my photographic archives as a journey through my memories using an experimental interactive method.