Into the Vœrtex: Case study of a stereoscopic abstract animation installation

Max HATTLER; Man Chi Terrie CHEUNG

doi:10.1386/ap3_000026_1

Into the Vœrtex: Case study of a stereoscopic abstract animation installation

Max HATTLER^*, Man Chi Terrie CHEUNG

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School of Creative Media

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Abstract

In Max Hattler’s stereoscopic installation Vœrtex two-dimensional abstract animation is turned into immersive images with strong three-dimensional depth. Utilizing a two-screen, semi-Cave Automatic Virtual Environment, Vœrtex creates a unique viewing experience for the viewer, a hybrid space situated halfway between immersion-in-abstraction and the real world of the gallery space, allowing the viewer to be in two spaces simultaneously. This article discusses the technical set-up, production processes and stereoscopic techniques, including binocular colour rivalry and depth displacements employed in Vœrtex. This is followed by a discussion of Vœrtex in relation to the concept of lucidity and an audience study into viewers’ perception of the work. The hybrid set-up of Vœrtex, combining both stereoscopic and interactive visual texts, allows for a sense of creative inspiration and inquiry into the dreaming mind, and participants can actively choose to explore different aspects of their perception by oscillating between two divergent states: an immersive dream sensation and a sense of being anchored in the real world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-71
Journal	Animation Practice, Process & Production
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/ap3_000026_1
Publication status	Published - 26 Dec 2022

Funding

This research was substantially supported by a GRF grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. 11602919). It was further supported by a Strategic Research Grant from City University of Hong Kong (Project No. 7005173) and a Research Fellowship from the Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media (ACIM) of the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Research Keywords

abstraction
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
expanded animation
expanded stereoscopy
immersion
lucidity
perception
stereoscopic vision

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COPYRIGHT TERMS OF DEPOSITED POSTPRINT FILE: © Max Hattler and Terrie Man-Chi Cheung, 2022. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Animation Practice, Process & Production, 10, 1, 51 – 71, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1386/ap3_000026_1.

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GRF: Expanded Stereoscopy
HATTLER, M. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), GIDNEY, M. (Co-Investigator), HAGLER, J. (Co-Investigator) & SHAW, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research

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