Immersive environments, video tracking and collective interactivity on smartphone : a generic “dispositif”
Dominique Cunin, Emmanuel Durand, Michał Seta · 2024
In this article, we describe our joined research around building a technological pipeline suitable for creating artisitic immersive installations that utilize a combination of computer vision and mobile phones as means for interaction, both in the sense of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and interaction between human participants. We frame our research in certain historical and philosophical context and propose a generic but complex “dispositif,” or device, that has a potential for exploration of diverse artistic themes suitable for interactivity within immersive environments. Taking our technological stack as inspiration, we propose a theoretical and conceptual approach to such creation and offer a draft of possible taxonomy that we find useful in such contexts, namely collaboration, cooperation and competition. We also bring the theme of surveillance to limelight as a potential and valid theme for exploration that is based on the use of such technologies.