Learning and Living in AR, VR, and AI
Visual art has been around since the dawn of humankind, but as augmented reality (AR) becomes more available, there will be a fundamental shift in the way we access and experience art. AR allows artists to circumvent the traditional gatekeepers in art, creating their own public artworks, or curating the works of other artists. AR art can be placed in any location, creating new site-specific installations.
In addition, augmented reality shifts our experience of art. No longer just an interpretation in our heads, our ideas can be made manifest in the works themselves. Art and immersive storytelling will converge into new forms of virtual experiences, creating environments where art is no longer bound by location or time.
Nancy Baker Cahill’s AR Liberty Bell for the 4th of July holiday is her latest experiment in using augmented reality for public art. The work uses an abstract shape that echoes the Philadelphia Liberty Bell and …
Read more Nancy Baker Cahill’s Remarkable AR Liberty Bell for July 4th
Frequent readers will know we spend a lot of time in virtual reality – and writing and thinking about it. Its creative potential just draws us in, especially in the immersive storytelling area. But creativity also …
Read more New Banksy Artwork Honors Coronavirus Healthcare Workers
As society shudders to a halt with the Coronavirus, the artist KAWS AR art sculptures may be the safest way to experience groundbreaking art this month. Virtual Reality may be challenged in delivering on the promise …
Read more KAWS’s AR Art Sculptures Ideal for Coronavirus Pandemic
This summer, I will be teaching The Art of Immersive Storytelling workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. The mission of Anderson Ranch Arts is to enrich lives with art, inspiration, and community. I …
Read more The Art of Immersive Storytelling Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center
We’ve been waiting for a good AR in Central Park project, not that we get uptown than much (or even at all) with our hectic schedules this summer. Parks can easily become augmented reality playgrounds and …
As Joshua Barone notes in The New York Times, VR in classical music hasn’t resulted in the most exciting immersive projects. Like other disciplines, both opera and classical music wrestle with how to integrate this new …
Read more VR in Classical Music – Michel van der Aa’s Breakthrough Project
If you find yourself near Boston this summer, check out the largest AR art exhibit in America. Go see it for the art. See it for the ways AR can create art and cultural experiences across …
Read more Boston the Site of the Largest AR Art Exhibit in America
After a long weekend of work (conference proposals, VR projects, etc.), we were delighted to stumble upon Nancy Baker Cahill’s AR art project. There’s nothing like watching augmented reality transform your workspace – even if it’s as …
Read more COORDINATES: The fascinating collaborative AR Art Project
Working under the title, Anna’s Dream Brush, the Virtual Reality artist Anna Zhilyaeva has done fascinating work with Google Tilt Brush. This weekend, a live performance at the Louvre Museum in Paris surfaced on YouTube. She recreates Eugène Delacroix’s …
Read more Virtual Reality artist live performance at the Louvre Museum, Paris
We were reminded today of the stunning work in the AR art exhibition, Mirages and Miracles through a tweet from WITHIN. The work by the digital artists Adrien M & Claire B will make you rethink …
Read more The Stunning AR Art Exhibition – “Mirages and Miracles”
The incredible David Bowie Is exhibit may have wrapped up but we’ll soon get to see David Bowie in VR – or at least major parts of the incredibly popular exhibition. After being seen by over 2 …
Augmented Reality improves with a major update from Apple for its ARKit platform. Version 1.5 rolls out a number of essential features for the future of AR: It will be able to detect walls and doors …
Read more Augmented Reality improves – Apple’s ARKit upgrade
Can you really go wrong when you use Google’s Tilt Brush – one of our favorite Virtual Reality tools – to render the characters in Star Wars? Here’s a fascinating example of six artists doing a collaborative VR …
Read more Six artists collaborate to do a VR painting of Star Wars with Tilt Brush
If you’re near Los Angeles and interested in VR storytelling, get yourself over to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA has an amazing VR experience from the Mexican film director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Titled, …
Read more VR Storytelling – The Harrowing Immigrant Experience at LACMA
Here’s a virtual reality experience that will let you step inside a Dalí painting. The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, FL will be giving visitors the opportunity to literally immerse themselves Dalí’s work through VR in the …