IIS/HCI SGER: The Iliad - Exploring Human Computer Interaction Research in the Performing Arts

这笔用于探索性研究的小额赠款将支持在表演和媒体艺术中使用媒体丰富的仪器环境的调查。本项目以一个特定的大型演出作品作为驱动应用，以荷马史诗《伊利亚特》为基础，展开分布式控制系统的开发。这个系统的一个重要方面将是观众与表演环境互动的能力。参与者通过网站上的调查开始他们的体验，该调查填充了整个表演过程中使用的数据库。在场地本身，包括一个画廊和表演空间，参与者将使用门票上的标准射频识别标签与他们的数据库记录联系起来，这些标签由无处不在的天线读取。空间中的媒体和故事选择将根据特定日期出席的特定观众进行调整。随着体验的进展，数据库将更新传感器数据和从表演中收集的图像。响应环境是由数据库、传感器和自动化生产设备的互连创建的，用于控制灯光、声音、机动布景、视频或图像投影。在21世纪的信息社会中，管理、实现和推进文化创新的技术将是文明最宝贵的资产之一。该项目将探索一个在未来几十年可能具有重大商业、社会和科学重要性的新兴领域。

This small grant for exploratory research will support investigation of the use of media-rich instrumented environments in the performing and media arts. Using as the driver application a specific large-scale performance work, based on Homer's The Iliad, this project will begin development of a distributed control system. An important aspect of this system will be the ability of the audience to interact with the performance environment. Participants start their experience through a survey on a website, which populates a database used throughout the performance process. In the venue itself, which consists of a gallery as well as performance spaces, participants will be linked to their database records using standard radio frequency identification tags in their tickets, which are read by ubiquitous antennas. Media and story choices in the space will be adapted, based on the particular audience members attending on the particular day. As the experience progresses, the database will be updated with sensor data and images collected from the performance. The responsive environment is created by the interconnection of the database, sensors, and automated production equipment for the control of lighting, sound, motorized scenery, and video or image projection.In the information society of the twenty-first century, technologies to manage, enable, and advance cultural innovation will be among the most valuable assets of civilization. This project will explore an emerging area that could be of great commercial, social, and scientific importance in the coming decades.