This project seeks to explore a mash-up between physical and digital modelling using Augmented Reality as a trigger. A new realm of creative modelling is discovered where physical modelling provides visual/tactile/material presence coupled with a new dimension added by digital models through its flexibility for change & animation and its ease and endless limit in form making. There is a huge potential in the combination of physical modelling with digital as one compensates the limitations of the other. Whilst physical models provide a strong visual presence, tactility and materiality, it lacks the flexibility and ease of change and adaptation of digital modelling. This project speculates an overlay of a series of digital models over a single physical site/terrain/object. This treatment allows for the exploration of many ideas over the same physical model.
The idea of a physical & digital mash-up also opens up a whole new spectrum and scope of investigation for design & creativity in the field of artistic installations. Whilst this project is viewed as an architectural design exploration, it may also be as an object, an artistic installation that seeks to blend markers within the object and treat both the markers, the physical and digital models as a holistic design. The physical model may be viewed alone as an artistic piece but also as an interactive element when combined with digital models using AR.
The use of AR provides opportunities to play with markers, their placement and their visual presence. Markers placed at various places triggers different digital models/effects/animations to add new meaning and layers to the physical model. There is an element of surprise and discovery for the viewer with different markers triggering different digital models.
This installation consists of two parts
The first will demonstrate using a physical model as terrain/site for the plug-in of a digital model. The second part seeks to reconceptualise art installations as a mash-up of digital and physical models.
Final Video
A physical model that is both an object as well as an interactive art piece
Physical model transformation
Marker1
Physical model as an art object - A new structure embracing the existing physical object. There is a change in scale to the first AR model
Marker2
Physical model as terrain populated by people
Using coloured sketches as markers
Experimented with photosynth trying to get a rough replica of the physical model
This did not work out as the model created from mesh lab was not accurate enough for further modelling. Hence I resorted to recreating a rough version of the physical model using sketchup as a base for digital model add on.
Process...
Sketches...
Ideas development...
