Project Number
- 233
Title
- Emergence
Description
- Interactive art installation for exploring the role of human presence in a world of artificial life.
Contact
- Rebecca Allen
Affiliation
- University of California, Los Angeles
Address
- 1200 Dickson Art Center
- Los Angeles, California 90095
- rallen@arts.ucla.edu
WWW
Year
- 1999
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 99 Conference Abstracts and Applications
Project Details
- "Emergence is a PC-based, real-time 3D software system that explores the role of human presence in a world of artificial life."
- "A unique interface system utilizes voice input and a haptic device for tactile feedback. Novel forms of communication between human participants and artificial life forms include symbolic and expressive sounds, gestures, and movements."
- "A proprietary 3D engine handles rendering and display of 3D, texture-mapped characters and environments, and a physics-based behavior system that enables complex behaviors and interactions between all objects in the environment. A high-level behavior scripting language allows for specification of behaviors and relationships between characters. Sounds are linked to objects and characters to enhance the sense of life and space."
Sight
- Pentium workstation
Sound
- voice input, amplified sound
Touch
- haptic input device
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 2 - Prototype, Components, Testing
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 307 - art / commentary
Secondary
- 106 - autonomous character, synthetic life
Remarks
- This work is partially funded by a research grant from Intel Corporation.
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