“Star-Stuff: A Shared Immersive Experience in Space” presented by Desnoyers-Stewart

Symposium:

• ISEA2022: 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art
• More presentations from ISEA2022:  

• Immersive Environments

• Star-Stuff: A Shared Immersive Experience in Space

• John Desnoyers-Stewart

Venue(s):

• CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

• Inspired by Carl Sagan and emerging from the ashes of a rejected design, Star-Stuff: a way for the universe to know itself is a unique immersive experience that transforms immersants into galaxies and constellations. The two-player hybrid experience can be used telepresently or in a physical installation, connecting anonymous strangers through abstract virtual bodies. In this paper, I describe my inspiration and the open, intuitive process by which Star-Stuff was developed. I outline design decisions made along the way and present observations made during the artwork’s first public exhibition.

Keywords:

• Telepresence
• Virtual Reality
• abstract embodiment
• Social Connection
• Space Art

Category:

• Long Paper
• Paper