May 3-7, 2005
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| A Shift in Time | ||
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| Author(s): | Jeremy Newton | |
| Instructor: | Hechinger, Nancy | |
| Class: | Final Project Seminar (Thur.) | |
| URL: | http://www.shiftintime.com | |
| Keywords: | installation, time, shift, butterfly effect, time travel, lcd, lenticular, lens, display, past, future, before, after, isight, webcam, microphone | |
| An interactive time-based painting displayed on a unique monitor enhanced with multiple viewing fields. | ||
| The goal of my masters thesis is to prove the communicative power of a display enhanced with multiple viewing fields by creating an interactive installation based on this process. | ||
| Audience: | Anyone with an interest in experimental displays or exploring the nature of time. | |
| User Scenario: | Approaching an LCD screen, the viewer sees the past or future version of a park scene depending on his horizontal angle. The earlier scene depicts a young boy feeding pigeons. The later shows the boy as an old man in the park. In essence, the viewer is outside of time looking in. A sound-enabled webcam beneath the LCD invites movement and noise. The more lively the viewer\'s interaction, the more the birds in the earlier scene flutter about, and consequently, the rain in the later scene is more severe. The immediate and future consequences of the viewer\'s actions appear simultaneously. Since the LCD is equipped with a special lens, everyone watching the screen has a unique view. At the same time, one person can see the young boy, another the old man, while another viewer can see a blending of the two scenes. | |
| Methodology: | I merge LCD animation with lenticular technology. By interlacing two digital scenes and covering the display with a sheet of tightly spaced cylindrical lenses, the two underyling scenes are projected outward at different angles. A camera tracks the levels of user movement and sound. This recorded data affects the animation in both scenes. | |
| Sources: | Pompeii, Joseph. \"Audio Spotlight.\" 6 October 2003. Holosonics. 4 Feb. 2005. http://www.holosonics.com/PR_MOS.html
\"Technical information on 3-D LCD.\" 2004. Philips. 9 Apr. 2005. http://www.research.philips.com/technologies/display/3d/technical.html \"Butterflystorm,\" research and documentation online [electronic resource] Martinez, Carlos B., 2002. http://universomente.xicnet.com/pages/butterflystorm.html humanities/list.html | |