Intersection of Seeing: New Ways of Experiencing Reality using Autonomous Volumetric Capture System

Abstract

The authors present an art installation entitled "Intersection of Seeing" in which volumetric images were created using nine cameras, one of which moved autonomously throughout the exhibition space. The objective of the installation was to provide a unique visual experience of a volumetrically captured space reconstructed based on mixed reality. A robot module designed to navigate autonomously among visitors in the space is also described, and five different visualization methods are proposed as a new artistic expression. Visitors experienced mixed reality by appreciating layered mechanisms projecting a representation of the real world onto an immersive virtual world in real-time.