Jeffrey
Shaw
1993
Computergraphic installation
EVE is a research and development project initiated at the
ZKM, Karlsruhe in cooperation with the Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe.
It encompasses the conceptual and technical development of a new form
of interactive immersive visualisation environment and virtual-reality
apparatus.
In the centre of a large inflatable dome, two video projectors are
mounted on a motorised pan/tilt device (e.g. robot arm) which can
move the projected image anywhere inside the surface of the dome.
The two video projectors present a stereo pair of images - the viewer
wears polarising spectacles and can see the projected imagery in three
dimensions.
One of the visitors to EVE wears a helmet (or a 'miner's
lamp') with an attached spatial tracking device that identifies the
position and angle of her/his head. This controls the positioning
of video projectors so that the projected image always follows the
direction of the viewer's gaze. This allows the viewer to move the
picture frame over the entire dome surface and interactively explore
the computer-generated virtual scenographies presented there.
A joystick also allows the viewer to control forward and backward
movements within the virtual space.
Exhibitions:
1993: MultiMediale 3, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1994: Le Metafort, d´Aubervilliers, France.
1995: Acciona Museo Interactivo de la Cienca, Madrid, Spain; MultiMediale
4, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
1998: surrogate 1, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Credits:
Project leader: Ralph Gruber
Software: Gideon May
Software revised: Ralph Kondziella and Detlev Schwabe (1998)
Hardware: Andre Bernhardt and Armin Steinke (1998)
Cooperative project between ZKM and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany.
Developed further within the EU project eRena (Esprit project 25379).
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