LightWing II (2020)
article⁄LightWing II (2020)
abstract⁄LightWing II is an immersive XR installation that explores hybrid design strategies equally addressing physical and digital design parameters. The interactive project links a kinetic structure with dynamic digital information in the form of 3D projected imagery and spatial sound. A key component of the project was the development of a new rendering principle that allows the accurate projection of stereoscopic images on a moving target screen. Using simple redcyan cardboard glasses, the system expands the applications of contemporary AR headsets beyond an isolated viewing towards a communal multiviewer event. LightWings construction consists of thin flexible carbon fibre rods used to tension an almost invisible mesh screen. The structure is asymmetrically balanced on a single pin joint and monitored by an IMU. A light touch sets the delicate winglike object into a rotational oscillation. As a ‘handson’ experience, LightWing II creates a mysterious sensation of tactile data and enables the user to navigate through holographic narratives assembled in four scenes, including the interaction with swarms of three winged creatures, being immersed in a silky bubble, and a journey through a velvet wormhole. The user interface is dissolved through the direct linkage between the physical construction and the dynamic digital content. The project was developed at the arcsec Lab at the University of Auckland. The Lab explores user responsive constructions where dynamic properties of the virtual world influence the material world and vice versa. The Lab’s vision is to reconnect the intangible computer world to the multisensory qualities of architecture and urban spaces. With a focus on intuitive forms of user interaction, the arcsec Lab uses largescale prototypes and installations as the driving method for both the development and the demonstration of new cyberphysical design principles.
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| Year |
2020 |
| Authors |
Rieger, Uwe; Liu, Yinan. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume II: Projects |
| Pages |
220-225 |
| Library link |
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| Entry filename |
lightwing-ii |
