Symbiotic Hands

A virtual reality interactive system that traverses reality

Abstract

" Symbiotic Hands" is a virtual reality interactive installation consisting of 3d reconstructed point cloud images and a temperature sensor fitted to an Oculus Quest2 and designed to emphasize the changes that affect the scene in the virtual environment through the behaviour in reality. The viewer experiences this device as a hand crossing from reality to the virtual, causing the virtual environment to undergo changes generated by temperature changes. It will be realised by this method of traversing virtual and reality in a computer-programmed way, ie, firstly, by sensing the change of outside temperature through temperature sensors, secondly, receiving multisensor data through Arduino and send the data to the computer through a serial port, and finally, the virtual scene in the device that receives the command gradually changes from a silvery winter into a lush summer scene. This project uses interactive technology to explore the real and virtual connection.

The virtual reality interactive installation" Symbiotic Hands" can be seen as a bridge between virtual and reality through the hand of the audience that can influence the virtual environment. In today’s vigorous development of virtual reality technology, many studies are increasingly focused on the physical experience in a virtual environment. However, few studies and creations present and discuss the impact of reality on virtual environments (Bhagavathula et al. 2018). However, as the technology for gestural manipulation matures

Publication
Proceedings of EVA London 2023, 163-165
Pan HUI
Pan HUI
Chair Professor