Myron Krueger - Videoplace, Responsive Environment, 1972-1990s

---------Category: Pioneers of MediaArt---------
Documentation produced 1988, Museum of Natural History, Vernon;
The participant's image is digitized to create silhouettes which is analyzed by specialized processors. The processors analyze the image's posture, rate of movement, and its relationship to other graphic objects in the system. They then react to the movement of the participant and create a series of responses-be they visual or auditory reactions. Two or more environments could also be linked.
A series of simulations is programmed based on any action and Videoplace offered over 50 compositions and interactions (including Critter, Individual Medley, Fractal, Finger Painting, Digital Drawing, Body Surfacing, Replay, among others).
To illustrate, when the participant's silhouette pushed a graphic object-the computer choose to move the object or the silhouette. Or, as in Finger Painting where each finger created flowing paint without the distraction of the silhouette.

Myron Krueger is one of the original pioneers of virtual reality and interactive art. Beginning in 1969, Krueger developed the prototypes for what would eventually be called Virtual Reality.

More info:
http://www.artmuseum.net/w2vr/timeline/Krueger.html

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• art
• pioneer
• responsive
• environment
• interactive
• mirror
• silhouette
• play
• gesture
• artificial
• reality

[nazaxprime]

Sorry to blow up your thread, but It just made me recall something worth mentioning.

Also, the literati comment was originally "literalist" but my spell-checker flagged it, and while it was what i meant, the word literati popped in my head, and out of poetic sentiment, I decided to go with it, if only to inspire my literati within.

Run on anyone? Yeah thats me.

When VI's do bring me back in 35k years, to honor me with my planet named "The Warren Planetarium", I hope my run-on-ism remains intact.

[nazaxprime]

@nazaxprime I'm a bit of a literati, but If we really want immersion, and emergent behavior to arise, we need to allow our selves such a luxury... Thus we must first respect the lifeform. Same way that archaeon are at least respected. they may be a bit different, but surely VI's deserve some respect. Oh out of respect I must mention where I am loaning the term VI... As an avid gamer, I must cite either Palladium books or Steve Jackson Games... I think its SJG, but I cant recall exactly.

[nazaxprime]

@nazaxprime I've taken to only confronting VI's that seek to destroy the bits I represent in games because of this. Well, I mean.. I kind of try to consider it murder to simply destroy some bits acting in logic loops via circuitry in a virtual environment...

I should do a video reply...

hmm.

I know it sounds insane, but in 3 thousand years, I will have inhabited planets named after me. LOL

They will cite this as my first release document...

I hope they bring me back.

;P

haha, ok back to "work".

[nazaxprime]

@poxod Thats what happens when people actually think about things... Look at Copernicus, Galileo, and Di Vinci... Kruger is in their league if you ask me. "Technological positivist"... Nice one My Kruger.

poxod, I got a FriendRequest for you.

;)

[nazaxprime]

Heheh, at 4 min or so, he destroys the little sprite that is interacting with his image and I just remembered the one big contribution I would like to have upon the medium. Both simple and complex in concept. I've considered... quantum physics... Life... IE the cries of the carrots...

Anyhow, It is respect for virtual life... I think VI(virtual intelligence) will never be "possible" until we make the shift in perception. I forget the exact name that I have come up with. ;(

Word budget's suck.

[nazaxprime]

Epic, TYVM for the upload. You deserve a sub for that alone. so there you go. Ill be seeing you around.

[poxod]

Many designers and artists have and continue to be influenced by Kruger. It's amazing that so many of these techniques were developed over 20 years ago by a single person.

[monez14]

Nice try Apple. You fail.

[carmatic]

i think i have found the absolute source of the inspiration of the 80's tv and movie special effects

[paggos]

"Krueger developed the prototypes for what would eventually be called Virtual Reality."

Not just virtual reality but Augmented and Interactive environments as well