Blimpy: an Artistic Framework for Creating a Spatial Augmented Reality Experience with Helium Blimps
Symposium:
Session Title:
- Machinic Sense & Sensibility: Dispositifs of Sensory Augmentation II
Presentation Title:
- Blimpy: an Artistic Framework for Creating a Spatial Augmented Reality Experience with Helium Blimps
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Abstract:
Drone technology combined with spatial augmented reality software provides novel opportunities in the creation of immersive audiovisual performances and installations. The Blimpy project leverages these opportunities by developing a spatial augmented reality experience built around helium devices, which are ideally suited for this application, to explore future research questions on the formal aesthetics and interaction between autonomous agents, people and physical spaces. This paper introduces the framework, which has evolved from the Blimpy project and provides encapsulated components dealing with the technical challenges arising in the creation of such experiences. The framework is designed to be transparent to artists and people whose sole interest lies in the creation of audiovisual performances and has been implemented at the Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University of the Arts for verification and experimentation. The design of an interdisciplinary workshop employing the framework and Immersive Arts space will further leverage the interaction between researchers and students.
