DrosTravel
Akira Tanaka
Interaction Engineer ｜JAPAN
OTHER PERSPECTIVE
DETAILS OF THE WORK
ULTRA IDEA Prize
This work is an experience of being caught in a vortex of droste (the recursive repetition of the same image within a frame), using a street TV as a motif. The droste in the two-dimensional plane is as limited as the resolution allows, but what will the endpoint of the endless droste in the three-dimensional space be?
In the modern age, everyone has a camera and takes pictures and videos without hesitation. We upload the processed images to social networking sites with ease, but can we really call the reality that we have been processing with our fingertips real? In this experience, those who approach the site with a smartphone in hand, looking for something unusual, are sucked into the vortex of droste created by themselves, and experience the "fear of being processed. Those who live in the processed reality may one day be abruptly turned off by others.
*This work is an AR experience to be experienced with a smartphone.
*Please start the device in landscape mode and make objects appear at any position.
CREATOR PROFILE
Akira Tanaka
Interaction Engineer ｜JAPAN
Born in 1994. Graduated from Waseda University Department of Intermedia Art and Science. My work focuses on interaction design utilizing interactive robot control and XR technology.
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For the Ultra Idea Prize, I chose 『Dros Travel』. I felt that it was an interesting approach to combine the AR 3d model television with the overlay effects. The ability to change the channels and also interact with the television leaves room to develop this idea further. I can see how the artist could take the idea further and create more filters and 3d models to interact with. 『Dros Travel』 also kept with the melting reality theme, and although it was a simply executed idea, I felt it was effective and interesting to play with.
ULTRA IDEA Prize Jury
Nick den Boer
Award-winning director / Animator / Digital artist
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