Video analysis for interactive art

纵观历史，科技与艺术相互启发。技术的进步给艺术家带来了新的工具，而艺术则挑战着我们看待世界的方式，为技术的发展指明了新的方向。本项目将在现代装置艺术中发展计算机视觉交互技术。该方法侧重于互动艺术装置的生产，也可作为评估底层计算机视觉系统的实验平台。该项目的风险包括艺术应用可能不需要足够的创新来激发技术进步，或者相反，对技术的关注会降低艺术作品的质量。为了应对这些风险，我将：使用严格的人体实验来验证视觉技术的有效性；探索广泛的形式艺术元素，将推动视觉技术；继续与艺术家合作，确保艺术作品的品质。我们的目标包括扩展我们在开发用于交互的新型计算机视觉系统方面的成功，更多的互动艺术装置，以及扩大艺术的广度，包括声音和音乐。除了对视觉互动和艺术的贡献的直接意义之外，我们希望与艺术的合作将提供否则无法获得的远见。

Throughout history, technology and art have provided each other with mutual inspiration. Technological advances inspire artists with new tools, while art challenges the way we view the world, suggesting new directions for technological development.  This project will develop technology in computer vision for interaction in modern installation art.  The methodology focuses on production of interactive art installations that also serves as experimental platforms for evaluating the underlying computer vision systems.  Risks in the project include the possibility that artistic applications may not demand sufficient innovation to provoke technological advancement, or conversely, that a focus on technology will diminish the quality of art produced.  To address these risks, I will  1. use rigorous experimentation with human subjects to validate the effectiveness of the vision technology,  2. explore a broad range of formal artistic elements that will push the vision technology, and  3. continue to collaborate with artists to ensure the quality of art produced.Our objectives include extending our successes in developing novel computer vision systems for interaction, more interactive art installations, and expanding artistic breadth to include sound and music.  Beyond the immediate significance of contributions to visual interaction and art, we hope that collaboration with the arts will provide foresight that would not otherwise be available.