3- Idat 210 - Keyword Exploration - Environment

"the surrounding area in which something exists or lives, has its own ecosystem"

Environment is an important keyword for this project, as i plan to compare the digital environments which we live in through our computers with the real world which we physically live in.  There are lots of different types of environment. in my opinion virtual and digital environments mean different things, a digital environment is more software its a string of interfaces connecting wone system to another. While a virtual environment is a 3d worled created for games or learning exploration. Then theres augmented virtual reality, this is where real objects and people are put into virtual worlds as components. Then augmented reality this is where digital layers are put into a real environment to modify it in some way an area which i have explored in a previous section of this blog See:  http://gavinjonesidat2.blogspot.com/2010/01/1-augmented-reality.html and then of course theres reality, the rather standard world we live and breathe everyday. I wish to explore connections between the two whether its digital socialisations with facebook or myspace, virtual socialisations with secondlife or real life socialisations with lectures, meetings or a drink down the pub with friends. I want to see what similarites these have abd see whether or not they effect us differently.

Here is an amazing video by Bruce Branit, About a man who creates a world for the woman he loves. It looks into virtual reality, Interfaces and augmented virtual reality. I really enjoy watching this video, it really makes me think about the connections between vitual reality and reality, especially when she touches the railing at 5:28, smells the digital flower at 6:23 and the very clever use of sound to make it seem even more real.


World Builder from BranitVFX on Vimeo.