Gaia Journeys is a collaborative multimedia musical and virtual reality art performance conceived by author Williams,with the aid of staff at the Denver Museum of Nature&Science.Inspired by astronauts who spoke of...Gaia Journeys is a collaborative multimedia musical and virtual reality art performance conceived by author Williams,with the aid of staff at the Denver Museum of Nature&Science.Inspired by astronauts who spoke of seeing a border-less world from orbit,Gaia Journeys’chief goal was to deliver this experience to museum audiences via photo-realistic virtual depictions of the Earth(from orbit as well as via spherical photographic panoramas taken from the ground)choreographed to live musical accompaniment.Gaia Journeys took place in the high resolution digital‘fulldome’Gates Planetarium,withWilliams playing the violin and keyboards,enhancing a previously recorded backing track,while visuals were generated with SCISS AB’s Uniview.The eight tracks of audio were three-dimensionally spatialised to the 16.4 sound system of the Gates Planetarium,providing an immersive sound experience to match the visuals.The audience feedback was generally positive,with great interest in repeat or similar future programming.These visitor evaluations suggest the potent power of the new class of digital planetaria for displaying virtual globe datasets to the public,via both multimedia entertainment like Gaia Journeys as well as traditional lectures.展开更多
We have been developing a visualization application for CAVE-type virtual reality(VR)systems for more than a decade.This application,VFIVE,is currently used in several CAVE systems in Japan for routine visualizations....We have been developing a visualization application for CAVE-type virtual reality(VR)systems for more than a decade.This application,VFIVE,is currently used in several CAVE systems in Japan for routine visualizations.It is also used as a base system of further developments of advanced visualizations.The development of VFIVE is summarized.展开更多
VFIVE is a scientific visualization application for CAVE-type immersive virtual reality(VR)systems.The source codes are freely available.VFIVE is used as a research tool in various VR systems.It also lays the groundwo...VFIVE is a scientific visualization application for CAVE-type immersive virtual reality(VR)systems.The source codes are freely available.VFIVE is used as a research tool in various VR systems.It also lays the groundwork for developments of new visualization software for CAVEs.In this paper,we pick up five CAVE systems in four different institutions in Japan.Applications of VFIVE in each CAVE system are summarized.Special emphases will be placed on scientific and technical achievements made possible by VFIVE.展开更多
文摘Gaia Journeys is a collaborative multimedia musical and virtual reality art performance conceived by author Williams,with the aid of staff at the Denver Museum of Nature&Science.Inspired by astronauts who spoke of seeing a border-less world from orbit,Gaia Journeys’chief goal was to deliver this experience to museum audiences via photo-realistic virtual depictions of the Earth(from orbit as well as via spherical photographic panoramas taken from the ground)choreographed to live musical accompaniment.Gaia Journeys took place in the high resolution digital‘fulldome’Gates Planetarium,withWilliams playing the violin and keyboards,enhancing a previously recorded backing track,while visuals were generated with SCISS AB’s Uniview.The eight tracks of audio were three-dimensionally spatialised to the 16.4 sound system of the Gates Planetarium,providing an immersive sound experience to match the visuals.The audience feedback was generally positive,with great interest in repeat or similar future programming.These visitor evaluations suggest the potent power of the new class of digital planetaria for displaying virtual globe datasets to the public,via both multimedia entertainment like Gaia Journeys as well as traditional lectures.
基金supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23340128Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation。
文摘We have been developing a visualization application for CAVE-type virtual reality(VR)systems for more than a decade.This application,VFIVE,is currently used in several CAVE systems in Japan for routine visualizations.It is also used as a base system of further developments of advanced visualizations.The development of VFIVE is summarized.
基金supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 19740346,23340128 and Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundationsupport and under the auspices of the National Institute for Fusion Science(NIFS)Collaborative Research Program(NIFS09KDBN004).
文摘VFIVE is a scientific visualization application for CAVE-type immersive virtual reality(VR)systems.The source codes are freely available.VFIVE is used as a research tool in various VR systems.It also lays the groundwork for developments of new visualization software for CAVEs.In this paper,we pick up five CAVE systems in four different institutions in Japan.Applications of VFIVE in each CAVE system are summarized.Special emphases will be placed on scientific and technical achievements made possible by VFIVE.
