Light AquariumInspired by ‘Responsive Environments’ by Myron W. Krueger

Jiyeon Kang, Miyeon Kim

About Artist

Myron W. Krueger

- An American Computer Artist.

- Born in 1942 in Gary, Indiana.

- One of the first generation virtual reality and augmented reality researchers.

- Ph.D. in Computer science at the University of Wisconsin-madison.

Content of the book

Responsive Environments

- Introduces the concept of a responsive environment.

- The response is the medium.

- “A responsive environment, is on which a computer perceives the actions of those who enter

and responds intelligently through complex and auditory displays (379).”

- His past projects (GLOWFLOW, METAPLAY, PSYCHIC SPACE and VIDEOPLACE)

VIDEOPLACE

- Funded by the National Endowment for the arts.

- Conceptual environment with no physical existence.

- Units people in separate locations in a common visual experience, allowing them to interact

in unexpected ways through the video medium (384).

- Exhibited widely in both art and science contexts in the United States and Canada.

Video Place by Myron W. Krueger

Video Place (Reference)

Concept

- Light Aquarium

- Make conceptual environment.

- Find a relationship between each slides.

- Allow them to interact in unexpected ways through the camera.

Ideas Sketch

Prototyping - Process

Prototyping - Process

Prototyping - Process

Attempt 1

Attempt 2

Reflection by light

Prototyping - Final

Prototyping - Final

Prototyping - Final

Prototyping - Video

Bibliography

- Rach, 2010 (12:44pm) “Responsive Environments by Myron Krueger” http://mediathoughts-

hnrs.blogspot.com/2010/03/responsive-environments-by-myron.html.

- Wikipedia contributors, “Myron W.Krueger,” Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia, https://en.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_W._Krueger (accessed May 2, 2015)

Thank you.

Jiyeon & Miyeon