Perspective and Our Spatial Ontology
Speaker: Theodor Wyeld, The University of Adelaide
When: 2003-09-19 13:15:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Storm Griffin
Abstract:This seminar outlines my current and past research
direction. Providing an overview of experiments conducted and so
on. It discusses our mental perception and how this has been
affected by the science of perspective since the Renaissance. The
ubiquitous use of persepctival imagery in advertising and so on. And
how we come to recognise the objects on a computer screen because
we've been acculturated to seeing the world in perspective. And how
moving between objects displayed on our computer screens we
experience virtual worlds. It then goes on to discuss various types
of virtual worlds providing real-time examples in vrml. The notion
of an expanded spatial experience in virtual worlds is broached, and
real-time examples are provided. The lecture wraps up with a brief
commentary of the use of the logistics of perception (in Manovich's
terms) in the latest Irapi war.
Biography:Theodor G Wyeld is a PhD candidate in Architecture at Adelaide
University, Australia. Between graduating from Architecture at
Adelaide University, completing a Master of Regional and Urban
Planning at the University of South Australia and commencing a PhD
he worked for large architectural firms in Australia and established
a solo practice. He teaches digital media to undergraduates in the
school of Architecture and runs a remote collaboration,
semester-long, course with Masters of Digital Media students using
various networked media. Most recently he has been also consulting
to government agencies assisting them to better understand their
vast arrays of asset data using 3-D visualisation technologies. His
research centres on game-oriented interaction in multi-user
distributed 3-D virtual environments. He is a regular contributor to
the VRMLnewsgroup and committee member of the web3d consortium.
Type: ITEE Seminar
Contact:Storm Griffin, seminar host (storm@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)