Shaoyu Su, Weidi Zhang: Volume II of Voids – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

Shaoyu Su, Weidi Zhang: Volume II of Voids

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    Volume II of Voids

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    Interactive Art Experience

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    Volume II of Voids is an intelligent interactive art experience that is generated based on the voids between humans. Inspired by the social distancing regulations during the pandemic, people are disconnected physically by keeping social distance to avoid spreading the Coronavirus. It influences the way we live, communicate, and socialize in a profound way. When we keep our distance from other people, what is the volume of voids? How do those negative spaces connect us and shape our connections as a new normal of intricate social networks?
    In the concept of MA in Japanese culture, the empty space is often full of possibilities. The interpretation of negative spaces helps to perceive positive spaces. Similarly, the Chinese Philosophy of Yin and Yang indicates that the beings and non-beings produce each other. We visualize the negative space between audiences to evoke the universal feelings of alienation and rethinks the meanings of disconnection on the new ways of connections.
    This work is the second chapter of the series works Volume of Voids. Compared to the previous chapter that used photogrammetry and 3d printing techniques to visualize the voids, this work emphasizes interactive properties: mobility of the responsive voids. It generates interactive visualizations of the voids by using vol- umetric capturing, real-time visualization, and machine learning algorithms.