Winners 2009: Laval Virtual ReVolution

Our work "Laval VRchive" has been accepted to the Laval Virtual ReVolution 2009 session as "Welcome", international VR competition by Laval Virtual - 11th international meeting of virtual reality.

We will exhibit "Laval VRchive", That is the Laval Virtual Revolution version of "SIGGRAPH Archive in Second Life" with 3D connection spacenavigator and Wii Remote. Laval Virtual will be held at Theatre de Herce - Salle Polyvalente (Multifunction Hall), Laval, France, 22-26 April 2009. And see also SIGGRAPH Archive.

Now we are calling for photographs of past Laval Virtual ReVolution. See more.

You can see Laval VRchive in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/nikkeibp/168/76/76

Laval VRchive with Tobii Eye Tracker:



Prototype:



SIGGRAPH Archive:

• Winners 2009: Laval Virtual Revolution 2009

Accepted Class "Invited"

• YOTARO, University of Tsukuba
• LevelHead, N/A
• Copycat Hand for All, University of Tsukuba
• Space Trash, Institute of Graphics and Paralell Processing, JKU, Linz

Accepted Class "Welcome"

• Babbage Cabbage, Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore
• Thermotaxis, Yonakani
• Musical "gugugugu" and "A~", Otobane Project
• LightTwist, Laboratoire Vision3D
• La flèche de l'odeur, Kanawaza Technical College
• Catopsys project, University of Auvergne
• BrickLayer, Kyoto University
• Joystick everywhere, University of Tsukuba
• Scoop-and-Release, Tama University
• Good-bye feet!, University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts
• Surrounding of Firefly, The University of Electro-Communications
• Laval VRchive, Tokyo Metropoilitan University / Photon, Inc

Media Arts in the World Mapping

"Media Arts in the World Mapping" is launched .

• View with Google Earth / Google Maps

This is a art project made for the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival, and this is a visualization of information of a media art festival all over the world that used Google Earth and Maps.



Detailed place information, logomark of festival, and slideshow of photograph open to the public in Flickr can be inspected. Moreover, the holding time of the festival can be understood in Google Earth along the time axis. This project is exhibited with "SIGGRAPH Archive in Second Life" in the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival, holding on February 4-15.



Credits:
Hidenori Watanave, Tomoko Hatanaka, Tomohiro Okada, and Satomi Miwa

Kisho Kurokawa in Second Life (Completed)

"Nakagin Capsule Tower" (Original architecture was created by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa in 1972) in Second Life is open to public now. This is a typical architectural work of the metabolism of Japan (Wikipedia).

SLurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/nikkeibp%20way/85/93/71




In this project, the scale of original construction is faithfully reproduced. Because it doesn't suit the size of avatar, it looks very small. It is also difficult to enter the entrance.



However, we gave priority to value as "Historic site" because the original had been decided to be demolished. Many architecture of the modernism will receive the life in the near future. 3D Internet such as Second Life might become a platform to preserve them.

• Production: Hidenori Watanave Laboratory @ Tokyo Metropolitan University + Atelier Ten
• Original design + project cooperation: Kisho Kurokawa architecture and urban design office
• Produce: Nikkei architecture

Related:Photosynth of Nakagin Capsule Tower