Project Number
- 119
Title
- Virtual Discussion
Description
- Interactive art installation exploring democratic communication.
Contact
- Nobuo Masuda
Affiliation
- Masuda
Address
- 5111 Denny Avenue #10
- North Hollywood, California 91601
- +1.818.505.1837
- +1.818.505.1548 fax
- North Hollywood, California 91601
- cyberenter@aol.com
WWW
Year
- 1995
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 95 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "In Virtual Discussion, participants choose one of two issues. A computer-generated virtual host introduces you to those issues and guides you into a conference room. There, just by clicking on the screen, you may watch and hear any other participants expressing their opinions in the form of digital video. Then, after you decide on your own position, pro or con, it's your turn to speak up, and your comments are automatically recorded and converted into the database of digital video."
- "With current digital technologies, could we given any meaning to [the] definition of 'democracy' [as the state of mind where each and every constituent can freely 'hack' into interpersonal cyberspace and deeply interact with every other member of society]? That's the question that inspired Virtual Discussion, which was produced for the Sakuzo Yoshino Memorial Museum. The museum commemorates Japan's historical thinker of that name, who is well known for his democratic ideas. The goal was to develop an interactive program for free-speaking states of mind."
Sight
- graphics workstation, video camera, video monitor
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 5 - Established, Finished
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 307 - art / commentary
Secondary
- 204 - telepresence
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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