Local Artists Are Turning to Virtual Reality Technology to Take Their Work to the Next Level
What he could only do in the physical world before, either projecting on buildings or on installations he created out of 3-D materials, he’s now increasingly able to do with virtual reality (VR), an emerging territory in art. And while Trich has been experimenting with it in his studio, he’s finally unveiling his first VR demo at Techweek during the first week of November.
“In the future once Apple and Android come out with headsets that look like a regular pair of glasses, then everybody will be wearing them,” says Trich. “I’ll be able to put things in 3-D space wherever I want them, and anybody wearing that headset will be able to walk in and download my app and they'll see everything I designed in that space.”
Trich is most concerned with the interactive and immersive possibilities of VR – principles he’s already been manipulating in the physical world.
McKane is known for his LUCiD project, an installation that literally feeds off the brainwaves of participants. A user wearing a neurofeedback headset manipulates the images in the installation in real time. Scenes of floating ocean detritus turn into beautiful images of whales and dolphins when the user enters a meditative state.
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