“Photochromic Sculpture: Volumetric Color-forming Pixels” by Hashida, Kakehi and Naemura

  • ©Tomoko Hashida, Yasuaki Kakehi, and Takeshi Naemura

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    Photochromic Sculpture: Volumetric Color-forming Pixels

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    In contrast to light-emitting displays like plasma display panels (PDPs) and liquid crystal displays (LCDs), color-forming displays like “E-Ink” which displays information by reflecting surrounding light are being actively researched as a technology that is easy on the eye and can even be applied in bright places such as outdoors in sunlight. Applying photochromic materials (PM) for controlling color in this manner, Photochromic Canvas [Hashida et al.2010] and Slow Display [Saakes et al.2010], which are combined with projected-light systems, make it possible to control color without contact with the surface of an object. In this paper, the concept, namely, ” contactless color control, ” is extended to volumetric space, and ” volumetric color-forming pixels ” are successfully created. This paper proposes a system referred to as ” photochromic sculpture ” which can generate a dynamically changeable 3D sculpture. (see Figure 1).

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    HASHIDA, T. ET.AL. 2010. Photochromic Canvas: Drawing with Patterned Light In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH2010 Poster 2010.

    SAAKES, D.ET.AL 2010. Slow Display In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH2010 Emerging Technologies 2010.

    PARKER, M 2009. Lumarca In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ASIA 09 Art Gallery and Emerging Technologies 2009.

    BARNUM, P. ET.AL. 2010. A Multi-Layered Display with Water Drops In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH2010 paper 2010.

    HASHIDA, T. ET.AL. 2011. SolaColor Space Coloration with Solar Light In Proceedings of TEI’11 Art Explorations 2011.


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