The project goal is to combine painting with animation’s unique ability to transform environment into art installation, and use IMI extraordinary creative platform as a space to author new media experimentation. Art created investigates the kinds of feelings digital media are capable of generating or enabling us to experience.
Parallel to pre-production and post-production of three stereoscopic animated films for HD Digital Cinema projection concurrently funded by AcRF Tier 1, IMI project’s focus was on how to master creative conceptual(animation narrative) and technical challenges for stereo content for technical specifications for high-resolution and one-of-a-kind visualization environments, such as the curved immersive 320° screen in the Immersive Room at the Institute for Media Innovation, at the NTU and Ars Electronica Deep Space display.
About the Institute for Media Innovation
IMI strives to be an incubator of multidisciplinary cutting edge media related research ideas and establish Singapore as a key player at the forefront of the global interactive digital media revolution. One of the goals of IMI is to forge strong interdisciplinary partnerships amongst other global players thereby bridging the academia and industry through technology transfers and spin-offs.
About IMI Immersive Room
The immersive room allows the viewers to be completely immersed in the virtual world. It makes use of latest hardware and software including infrared emitters, high end projectors, stereoscopic active lightweight glasses, position trackers, and graphics workstations linked together in a local area network. Electromagnetic 6DOF tracking is implemented to monitor the viewers’ position and orientation. The stereoscopic visualization is supported by an integrated audio sound system. Peripheral devices such as force feedback devices, and gesture gloves can also be integrated into the system. The room is a curved 320 degree screen that is lit by 5 projectors, each with a resolution of 1920 x 1200. The projectors are each connected to one of 5 computers. Each projection overlaps the other to produce a seamless singular image that spans the entire curved screen.
International Collaborations established during the project
The research ensured support of local and networking and collaborations with regional and international institutions such as:
- ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany,
- 3D Innovation Center Berlin
- University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, Austria Europe
- The University of Western Australia Perth
- Ars Electronica Centre Deep Space Linz, Austria Europe
- Emily Carr/S3D Centre Vancouver, Canada
- City University Hong Kong and ALiVE (Applied Laboratory of Interactive Visualization and Embodiment), Hong Kong
- Macao Science Center, Macao
Alioscopy Glass Free 3D display, Paris France/Singapore