{"id":6481,"date":"2015-01-29T02:32:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T09:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beta-arts.com\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2017-09-23T23:42:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T05:42:44","slug":"digital-dome-interactive-gaming-art-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altethos.com\/digital-dome-interactive-gaming-art-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Dome Interactive Gaming Art is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Friday, the Institute of American Indian Arts in association with the University of New Mexico\u2019s Art, Research, Technology & Science Laboratory (UNM ARTS Lab) will present the culmination of years of research in interactive immersive digital art in the digital dome. Utilizing vDome, a custom made software and hardware configuration created at IAIA, artists and students came together to create the first immersive interactive gaming art for the digital dome (aka fulldome). The event will take place Friday, January 30, 7pm to 9pm. <\/del>Tonight’s Interactive Dome Event at IAIA is POSTPONED due to the weather. The new date is Friday, February 6, 7pm to 9pm. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This event will feature work by Woody and Steina Vasulka and the 4th Movement of \u201cUrsonate\u201d by Dada\/Intermedia artist Kurt Schwitters as performed by Jack Ox and Kristen Loree. Other work will be featured by Ethan Bach, Luke Balaoro, Robert Drummond, Felicia Nez,\u00a0 Erin Schaefer, and Craig Tompkins. Presentation by researchers David Beining, Jane Crayton, Mats Reiniusson, and Charles Veasey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2012, the Institute of American Indian Arts announced the receipt of a $573,321 research grant from the Department of Defense entitled Fulldome Development for Interactive Immersive Training Capabilities. UNM ARTS Lab acted as sub awardees on this research. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The research project was built on an existing partnership between IAIA and UNM ARTS Lab. IAIA was one of two sub awardees, the second was Santa Fe Complex. In this 2010-2012 National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation (NSF PFI) grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) entitled\u00a0A Consortium for Fulldome and Immersive Technology Development\u201d.<\/i>
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The research developed from this grant provided new context for fulldome in terms of usability, diversity of content, and accessibility. The funding provided the resources necessary to create one of the first single computer user friendly, multiple application dome systems. This software, vDome, can drag and drop play large format dome masters as .mov files with slicing on the fly; allows for connecting various applications including Max\/MSP and Vjing software along with external sensors for audience driven interactivity; and allows for gaming in the dome. This software is open source and be downloaded from github<\/a>. Read more about vDome<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n