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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00783
- Thesis Title
- Beyond the Frame: Into Virtual Reality
- Author
- Mary Finn Saisselin
- E-mail
- mfinnla AT mac.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MFA
- Year
- 2018
- Number of Pages
- 90
- University
- Paris College of Art
- Thesis Supervisor
- Dionysis Zamplaras
- Supervisor e-mail
- dzamplaras AT gmail.com
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Transdisciplinary New Media
- Copyright Ownership
- Mary Finn Saisselin
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English, French
- URL where full thesis can be found
- bit.do/eWNFp
- Keywords
- virtual reality, experience, immersion, virtual art, sense of presence, interactivity
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- How does the audience experience art within a virtual environment today?
In order to have a better understanding of the functions and the meanings of this
new form of artistic experience, we will follow the historical and the technological
advancement of Robert Barker's panorama which debuted in 1793 in London, Louis
Daguerre's Diorama in Paris in 1822 and Charles Wheatstone's stereoscope in 1838. With
each successive advancement, the gap between image and audience has been reduced. The
progressive stages of immersion have prepared the audience for today's artwork which has
the capacity to surround the viewer's senses creating a virtual reality experience. Exploring
virtual reality art and how the users experience these immersive environments will help
concretize the emergent grammar and help to define the future of art as an immersive
experiential journey.