MISSION
The mission of the Laboratory for Virtual Sets Design and Augmented Reality is to innovate in set design by augmenting spaces through digital enhancements and creating live interactions between performers and computer generated spaces and objects. The lab offers space, tools and expertise for research and innovation in set design, as well as for the MA programs in set design at UNATC. The mission of the lab is to generate new techniques and to make them accessible to specialists in the field and to students, as well as to the larger public, consumer and user accessibility being one of the key missions of by the lab.
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- the development of immersive 3D and 2D environments, with direct visualization or based on optic systems (e.g. polarization glasses or mobiles)
- developing virtual sets on unconventional surfaces
- human‑computer interaction, generating movement of real and virtual objects through interaction with performers developing techniques for computerized graphic art in various mediums
- augmented reality technologies
PROJECTS
- Schrodinger’s Cat, directed by Alexandru Berceanu
- Counterpart, directed by Cinty Ionescu
- Spatial Memories of Future Past, concept by Ciprian Făcăeru
- Clouds, concept by Marius Hodea
- Self Patterns, augmented reality choreographic application, developed in partnership with CINETic, NN Corsino (France) and Augmented Space Agency
FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT
- Workshop space for set building (90 sqm)
- Computer graphics studio (100 sqm)
- 10 Apple Mac Pro computers to generate virtual sets
- 3D scanner
- 3D printer
- CNC ROUTER 2×2.8 sqm
STAFF
