The grey space in the middle: Using drawing to meet the object half way

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-353
Author(s):  
Martin Morris ◽  
Paddy Molloy
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Student Tutor ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Individual Voice

Abstract Through the concept defined by David Bowie as the 'grey space in the middle', a theoretical space through which the meaning and worth of a piece of art is defined, this text looks at how Martin Morris and Paddy Molloy teach and develop processes towards drawing on the Illustration Animation BA (Hons) course, part of the Design School at Kingston School of Art (KSA), Kingston University. Their pedagogic process is examined through a set of six images made by three different students (covering life drawing, copying, memory drawing and Virtual Reality [VR]) alongside the respective students' responses to their work and their experience of drawing the images. Through the mental and physical space between observer and object in which new ideas are generated and filtered through the myriad of internal and external processes involved with drawing, Morris and Molloy analyse and investigate this 'grey space' with the aim to quantify the interaction and outcomes that occur between viewer (student/tutor) and object (drawing) and furthermore consider insights gleamed from the process and questions raised. By sharing these observations this paper seeks to demonstrate that the interaction that happens in this theoretical space between viewer and object, which is the malleable mental and physical space between, can be considered as fundamental to both the development of visual communication and how we come to read works of art. This can be applied to the teaching of drawing enabling students to gain insight, ask questions, inform their understanding of draughtsmanship and discover their individual voice.

scholarly journals Rear-Seat Productivity in Virtual Reality: Investigating VR Interaction in the Confined Space of a Car

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Jingyi Li ◽  
Ceenu George ◽  
Andrea Ngao ◽  
Kai Holländer ◽  
Stefan Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Rear Seat ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Confined Space ◽  
Physical Restraints ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Research And Design

Ubiquitous technology lets us work in flexible and decentralised ways. Passengers can already use travel time to be productive, and we envision even better performance and experience in vehicles with emerging technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) headsets. However, the confined physical space constrains interactions while the virtual space may be conceptually borderless. We therefore conducted a VR study (N = 33) to examine the influence of physical restraints and virtual working environments on performance, presence, and the feeling of safety. Our findings show that virtual borders make passengers touch the car interior less, while performance and presence are comparable across conditions. Although passengers prefer a secluded and unlimited virtual environment (nature), they are more productive in a shared and limited one (office). We further discuss choices for virtual borders and environments, social experience, and safety responsiveness. Our work highlights opportunities and challenges for future research and design of rear-seat VR interaction.

Hanging Textiles’ Influence on the Beauty of Indoor Space Decoration

2011 ◽  
Vol 332-334 ◽  
pp. 539-544
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Liu ◽  
Xin Qun Feng ◽  
Dong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
Aesthetic Appeal ◽  
Works Of Art

When room space extends from a simple three-dimensional physical space to a four-dimensional spiritual space, when people begin to rise aesthetic appeal to a higher level and emphasize harmony with the environment, the textile works of art at this time were all considered to play one of the most important evolutional roles. Hanging textiles which featured multi-functional made themselves irreplaceable contents in indoor space. From the application and development view of hanging textiles, the article emphasizes on the decorative function and application strategies to look forward to continuously improvement of hanging textiles’ application and design levels in indoor space.

scholarly journals BirdQuestVR: a cross-platform asymmetric communication game

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Smilovitch
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Play Session ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Asymmetric Communication ◽  
Cross Platform

BirdQuestVR is a cross-platform asymmetric communication game between one player in Virtual Reality and another on a mobile device. The game explores asymmetric co-operative gaming in a shared physical space, taking the physical surroundings of the VR user into account in its design. Asymmetric games feature different rules, abilities, or objectives for different players, generating unique and nuanced game experiences. Multiplayer asymmetric games in particular have been shown to increase teamwork and a collaborative mindset even after a play session has ended. Asymmetric design is commonplace in both digital and analog games but has yet to see widespread adoption in the emerging Virtual Reality (VR) gaming space. BirdQuestVR seeks to leverage the affordances of current consumer-grade VR headsets to build asymmetric gameplay around communication, embodied performance, and physical humour. Keywords: Asymmetric, Virtual Reality, Cross-Platform, Social Play, Avatar Embodiment

The Dynamics of Employee Relationships in a Digitalized Workplace

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-205
Author(s):  
Tanusree Chakraborty ◽  
Malabika Tripathi ◽  
Somrita Saha
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Employee Relations ◽  
Media Richness ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Media Richness Theory ◽  
Employee Relationships

Employees of this day are not confined only to the physical space that they occupy during office hours. Today's workstations are connected environments ensuring instant access to other employees and anything that employees need for work which goes beyond any communication barriers and as a result is changing employee experiences to better engaged, innovative, and efficient ones. All these changes have given way to alterations in employee interrelation dynamics within the boundaries of technological environments. The chapter leads to an understanding of how today's work culture has changed, what the digitized workplace looks like, the where and how of task-technology fits, and the model of interpersonal relationships. The chapter also talks about the related implications of media richness theory at workplace with special reference to digitized work environment and virtual reality. Further, the chapter brings in the challenges of cyberloafing and phubbing as consequences of the digitized workplace and how those affect performance and employee relations.

Virtual reality in lighting research: Comparing physical and virtual lighting environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 820-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Chen ◽  
Z Cui ◽  
L Hao
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Subjective Rating ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Physical Test ◽  
Photographic Reproduction ◽  
The Media ◽  
Lighting Environment

In the study of lighting, as the construction of a physical test room is costly and time-consuming, researchers have been actively looking for alternative media to present physical environments. Virtual reality, photo and video are the most commonly used approaches in the lighting community, and they have all been used by researchers around the world. Most such studies have been conducted without discussing what gives the subjects a better sense of realism, presence, etc., and which type of media is closer to the ideal, the physical lighting environment. In this paper, we aim to select the optimal alternative media that can present physical lighting environments. We compare a human’s subjective feeling towards a physical lighting environment and three alternative reproduction technologies, namely, virtual reality reproduction, video reproduction and photographic reproduction. We also discuss the feasibility of using virtual reality in representing lighting environments. The selection of the most optimal media is based on the perceptual attributes of lighted space, and the findings are only related to these criteria. The main results of this study are the following: (a) The order of the overall presentation-ability of the media is physical space > virtual reality reproductions > video reproductions > photo reproductions. (b) In terms of subjective rating, virtual reality lighting environments are rated closest to the physical lighting environments, and the order of the approximate coefficient of the media is physical space (1) > VR reproductions (0.886) > video reproductions (0.752) > photo reproductions (0.679). (c) Virtual reality can present lighting attributes of open/close, diffuse/glaring, bright/dim and noisy/quiet consistent with the physical environment. (d) Human subjects are most satisfied with VR reproductions.

scholarly journals A Virtual Reality Soldier Simulator with Body Area Networks for Team Training

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Chieh Fan ◽  
Chih-Yu Wen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Body Area Networks ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Training Strategy ◽  
Military Tactics

Soldier-based simulators have been attracting increased attention recently, with the aim of making complex military tactics more effective, such that soldiers are able to respond rapidly and logically to battlespace situations and the commander’s decisions in the battlefield. Moreover, body area networks (BANs) can be applied to collect the training data in order to provide greater access to soldiers’ physical actions or postures as they occur in real routine training. Therefore, due to the limited physical space of training facilities, an efficient soldier-based training strategy is proposed that integrates a virtual reality (VR) simulation system with a BAN, which can capture body movements such as walking, running, shooting, and crouching in a virtual environment. The performance evaluation shows that the proposed VR simulation system is able to provide complete and substantial information throughout the training process, including detection, estimation, and monitoring capabilities.

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