UCF SVAD Art Talk, 11/16/2016

Maria C. R. Harrington, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Digital Media | School of Visual Arts & Design | University of Central Florida | 11/16/2016

Art and TechnologyMaria C. R. Harrington, Ph.D. Art: http://mariacrharrington.com/ | Science: http://mariacrharrington.org/ | Tech: http://www.virtualfieldtrips.com/ Assistant Professor of Digital Media School of Visual Arts & DesignUniversity of Central Florida

http://mariacrharrington.com/

http://mariacrharrington.com/

http://mariacrharrington.org/

http://mariacrharrington.org/

http://www.virtualfieldtrips.com/

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Biography Maria C. R. Harrington’s experience spans over 20 years, from art and

economics to information science. Assistant Professor in the School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD) at the

University of Central Florida Ph.D. and a M.S. in Information Sciences from the School of Information

Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. B.S. in Economics with a minor in Art from Carnegie Mellon University.

Professional experience includes financial, strategic, information technology, and human-computer interaction activities for global corporations and institutions such as: PNC Financial Services Group, The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Fidelity Investments, University of Toronto, Alias/Wavefront-Autodesk, DataViews–GE Fanuc, and Federated Investors.

From 2000 to 2008, she was an Adjunct Professor in human computer interaction, user centered design, human factors in system design, and introduction to information science at the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, she was an Adjunct Professor in the Art & Design Division of Chatham University, and has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Slippery Rock University.


Art and TechnologyResearch & Scholarship Intersection of Art and TechnologyFuture Research and Teaching Q&A


Research & Scholarship

“What is Beauty…

Truth is Beauty and Beauty is Truth”


The Virtual Trillium Trail, 2005-2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMIhdzsOlTk




Control with the Real


VR Photorealistic

The Virtual Trillium Trail, 2007


Annotate with Story


Findings Technical and Research Design Matters

Virtual Trillium Trail as Data Generated Virtual Ecologies for Virtual Learning Environments and as a Planned Orthogonal Contrast Statistical Framework (POC 2x2 ANOVA)

Reality Matters: Comparison of Real and Virtual Learning Environments: Ethnographic and empirical evidence prove the transfer of

knowledge from Real to Virtual and Virtual to Real, thus demonstrating how to use virtual environments for priming, transfer, and reinforcement for maximum learning gain.

Gender Differences in Information Seeking and Learning Behavior of Young Children in Virtual Learning Environments


VR can be used for learning Visual Fidelity and Navigational Freedom and as Design

Factors: There is significant interaction, F(1,60) = 4.85, p = 0.0315,

between Visual Fidelity and Navigational Freedom on Knowledge Gained, so both factors must be in the design for such results

Visual Fidelity is strong and significant F(1,60) = 10.54, p = 0.0019

Navigational Freedom shows a trend, F(1.60) = 2.71, p = 0.105 The combined conditions of High Visual Fidelity x High

Navigational Freedom result in far superior Knowledge Gained on tests, (cell mean = 37.44, SD = 13.88) when compared to Low Visual Fidelity x Low Navigational Freedom condition, (cell mean = 20.93, SD = 13.36)


Fidelity Matters

High Fidelity High Navigation Low Fidelity Low Navigation0

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Mean Knowledge Gained (n = 64)


What this means… I proved

“Virtual Reality doubles learning outcome.” ~ Maria C. R. Harrington, Ph.D.


VR impacts exploration and inquiry There is no interaction, F(1,60) = 1.48, p = 0.2285), between Visual Fidelity

and Navigational Freedom, on Salient Events. Salient Events measure the number of times student behavior changes from

exploration to deep inquiry. Visual Fidelity is strong and significant, F(1,60) = 4.35, p = 0.00413). It alone,

is responsible for significantly increasing learning activity. Navigational Freedom, as a factor, shows a strong trend, F(1,60) = 3.23, p =

0.0773. The data show that the High Visual Fidelity condition (Row Mean = 14.46, SD = 6) resulted in more Salient Event counts than did the Low Visual Fidelity condition (Row Mean=11.31, SD = 6.37).

The more a virtual reality environment, simulation, or serious game looks high fidelity and photo-realistic, the more times a child’s behavior will change from exploration to inquiry. Thus, Visual Fidelity increases a child’s desire to learn, to understand, and to stop in order to independently and actively inquire.


What this means…I proved

“Visual Fidelity in VR increases inquiry,”

~ Maria C. R. Harrington, Ph.D.


VR and Emotions Spearman's rho Correlations (N=64) Sig(2-tail) This shows the correlation and relationships between

Beauty, whatever it may be for the individual, the emotional reaction of Awe and Wonder, and the empirical data on test scores, Knowledge Gained Knowledge Gained is correlated to Awe and Wonder

rho = 0.273, p = 0.032 Beauty correlated with Awe and Wonder

rho =0.506, p =0.000 Beauty correlated with Total Attitudinal Survey ranking

rho = 0.727, p = 0.000 A major contribution shows empirical link between

Beauty and Learning.


“Empirical link between Beauty and Learning in VR”



ResultsVR can be used for simulating the real world with scientific accuracy

VR can be used to trigger emotionsVR can be used for learningAwe and Wonder, and Beauty experienced in VR are highly correlated with a desire to learn


“The Ambient Array may be Captured Mathematically in VR”



Measure Psychophysical


Measure the Geometry


My Research & ScholarshipMy dissertation is about the environmental factors that cause learning and creativity to occur, specifically the perceptual-semantic Ambient Array as environmental signals with respect to computer systems and simulations.

My Research & Scholarship

“The tool impacts what we see, feel, learn, and do.”



My Research & ScholarshipSuch systems are important as they influence scientific, human, social, and cultural transformations and growth.


My Research & ScholarshipI am interested in interdisciplinary empirical research with virtual reality, simulations, serious games, human-computer interaction, and immersive new media art.


My Research & ScholarshipOf high interest is the investigation of human factors in system design research, as it influences perception, learning, and creating.



Intersection of Art and Technology

“What are the Design Factors that influence, impact, and cause emotion, thoughts, dreams, and ideas to emerge?”


Framing Future Possibilities Connection between external world and internal feelings and

thoughts Art is the non-technical VR of the past

It communicated information It changed what we knew It changed how we felt It moved us to take action

VR is the 21st Century Art of impact if used as such A cultural artifact of high information density A new form of stories, theater, and opera A way to communicate brilliant ideas, vision, and beauty


What is Art?

Art is BeautyArt is InformationArt is StoryArt is ParadoxGreat Art Transcends Time… and Culture


Cave Art or Training Simulator?Lascaux CavesFrance nearly 20,000 years ago

Retrieved from the web 11/3/2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux


We know it when we see it

Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus (Detail) 1480. Uffizi Gallery. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_Venus_%28Botticelli%29_detail.jpg

What do you see?

What is her emotion?

What do you feel?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_Venus_(Botticelli)_detail.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_Venus_(Botticelli)_detail.jpg


1452

Jean Fouquet. Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, Melun Diptych, (Right wing of the diptych), (1452). Royal Museum of Fine Arts, AntwerpRetrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun_Diptych#/media/File:Fouquet_Madonna.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Antwerp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Antwerp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun_Diptych#/media/File:Fouquet_Madonna.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melun_Diptych#/media/File:Fouquet_Madonna.jpg


UndisputedLeonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa (1503-1506). Louvre Museum. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg




What is Technology? Tools applied to art or science as

a means to an end A collection of techniques, skills,

methods, and processes used for artistic expression or in scientific investigation

Computers are used as tools, as a kind of technology to achieve goals in calculation or expression

Pedro Reyes, Imagine (Double Psaltery), 2012. Retrieved from http://www.blog.pedroreyes.net/

http://www.pedroreyes.net/

http://www.pedroreyes.net/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psaltery

http://www.blog.pedroreyes.net/

http://www.blog.pedroreyes.net/


Camera Obscura

Camera obscura, from a manuscript of military designs. 17th century, possibly Italian. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura#/media/File:Camera_obscura2.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura#/media/File:Camera_obscura2.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura#/media/File:Camera_obscura2.jpg


Game Engines


3D Models 3D Model, 2D Art, joints rigged for motion and animation Character specific behaviors, expressions, or reactions UV mapping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping)

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/deer-animation-3d-model/542770

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping




2D Art, Textures & Skins

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html


Code Rigged & Animated http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/deer-animation-3d-mo

del/542770




Open World Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clakekAHQx0




Are Video Games ART?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuZdHTKzXa8

Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?




VR as Art -- Char Davies. Osmose (1995)

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54O4VP3tCoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54O4VP3tCoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54O4VP3tCoY


The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch in VR – Art?

Burrell Durrant Hifle website (2016, March 16). VR Bosch. Retrieved from http://www.bdh.net/work/boschvr/

http://www.bdh.net/work/boschvr/


Walk into a Dali with VR – Art?

The Dali Museum (2016, January 21). Dreams of Dali: Virtual Reality Experience. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nh1itve0AQ

The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, or at dreamsofdali.org. Opens January 23, 2016.

Go inside and beyond Dalí’s painting Archeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus

Experience Dreams of Dalí in the special exhibit Disney & Dalí: Architects of the Imagination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nh1itve0AQ


Artistic Experience in VR

http://vrse.com/

http://vrse.com/

http://vrse.com/


Future Research and Teaching

“The Science of the Artificial”


Future possibilities for research and teaching

Art & Science of Virtual Reality for Education (Virtual Field Trips for K-12)

Human Factors Research on the Ambient Array and impacts on Perception, Emotions, and Creativity as Action (AI of Creativity)

Design Frameworks for Collaboration & Co-Creativity (frameworks that support work)

Future Cities, Space Stations, and Colonies co-designed and tested in Virtual Reality (Scenario analysis & Emergent Design & Consensus decision-making)

Future Realities, Simulations, Data Visualizations (Algorithms) Landscapes as Art and Virtual Reality Experiences (ART as

Information and Emotion)


Extend Research Harrington, Maria, C. R. (2008). Simulated

Ecological Environments for Education (SEEE): A Tripartite Model Framework of HCI Design Parameters for Situational Learning in Virtual Environments, Dissertation Abstracts International. July 17,2008. University of Pittsburgh

Understanding and modeling the dynamic interaction of the: Human System Environment

http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8971/








Art & Science of Virtual Reality for Education

Virtual Field Trips for K-12


Ambient Perceptual Semantic ArrayHuman Factors Research on Spatial Ambient Array and

impacts on Perception, Emotions, and Creativity as Action (AI of Creativity)

James J. Gibson, Ph.D. Ecological Psychology Visual perception Extend his idea of an Ambient optical array into meaning

Extend to creativity research How do we know we don’t know? How do we perceive the unknown? How do we create something new? What is Beauty and how does that trigger inquiry and creativity?


Measure Psychophysical


Measure the Geometry


Design Frameworks for Collaboration & Co-Creativity

Frameworks that support co-creativity 3 large IRB studies: Investigation and Evaluation of

Virtual Worlds, 3D Environments, and Simulations for Alternative Learning, Collaboration, Co-creating, and Decision Support Formats:


How to use Virtual Reality to co-create the Future?


Pittsburgh Renaissance

© 2016 University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, “Frank Lloyd Wright’s concept for Point redevelopment,1947.” Retrieved from http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/thepoint/

http://www.library.pitt.edu/

http://www.pitt.edu/

http://www.pitt.edu/

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/thepoint/




Future Cities, Space Stations, and Colonies in VR

NASA website (2016, January 16) Research & Technology Images. Retrieved from https://www.nasa.gov/content/research-and-technology-image-gallery

Space-grant University: Founded in 1963, UCF opened to provide personnel to support the U.S. space program at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Florida's Space Coast

https://www.nasa.gov/content/research-and-technology-image-gallery

https://www.nasa.gov/content/research-and-technology-image-gallery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Coast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Coast


NASA Concept Art to communicate ideas, model, and inspire

NASA Ames summer studies in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.

Bryan Yager, Toroidal Colonies, NASA ID NUMBER AC75-1086-1. Retrieved from http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArt/art.html

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~byager

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~byager

http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArt/art.html

http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArt/art.html


Rama, by Eric Bruneton3D animation of a spacecraft freely inspired from the book "Rendez-vous with Rama" from Arthur C. Clarke.

Making of Rama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKM2nD...

See also: http://ebruneton.free.fr/rama3/rama.html

Bruneton, Eric. (2009, July 19) Rama. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIQCm54dfY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKM2nDZ4rM4




http://ebruneton.free.fr/rama3/rama.html



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIQCm54dfY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIQCm54dfY


Virtual Reality in the hands of an Artist


Intersection of Art and Technology I create immersive, virtual landscapes that are dynamic and

responsive to past and future scientific data sets, in addition to user interaction scenarios

These tools offer a new medium and process for the artist to explore and harness, resulting in new cultural artifacts relevant to our era

My artwork is an investigation of landscapes, much like the Hudson River School of the past, Clayton Merrill and Clifford Ross of the present

It hints at a powerful connection between art and technology, the land and the self – artifact form and function, internal mind and external environment


Hudson River School

Thomas Cole. The Oxbow (The Connecticut River near Northampton) (1836)


FundGremlins In The Studio II, Martin Johnson Heade, Retrieved from the web, 11/16/2016: http://www.martin-johnson-heade.org/

http://www.martin-johnson-heade.org/

http://www.martin-johnson-heade.org/


Clayton Merrill

Fire and Sun Smoke, 2012, Clayton Merrill, Retrieved from the web: http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~merrell/

Lady of Guadalupe, Retrieved from the web, 11/16/2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe

http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~merrell/

http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~merrell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe





Clifford Ross

Clifford Ross, "Sopris Wall I," 2015 (Installation view) MASS MoCA

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVi7hevBWXoQAFVYnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyaHZqdG1nBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDQjE1OTJfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1458629474/RO=10/RU=http:/www.cliffordross.com/news/mass-moca/RK=0/RS=eWvlyAKHfcdYvq07CVH5UclFiPI-

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVi7hevBWXoQAFVYnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyaHZqdG1nBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDQjE1OTJfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1458629474/RO=10/RU=http:/www.cliffordross.com/news/mass-moca/RK=0/RS=eWvlyAKHfcdYvq07CVH5UclFiPI-


Artistic StatementThe intent of my art is to present landscapes in different perspectives to viewers. By doing so, I aim to challenge them, intellectually and emotionally, to reflect on their personal relationships with nature and with themselves, within the ideals of truth and beauty.

Artistic StatementMy landscapes intentionally frame views with impossible, almost surrealistic perspectives that are completely unreal, yet made real by the visualization, and application of simulation and virtual reality technology.


Artistic StatementPlacing the viewer into a frame of reference of the earth—using anything from a leafy tree to a rippling river—the viewer is cast in an impossible role. But it feels natural because it is perceived as real as the real world, and thus very familiar.


Future possibilities for research and teaching with Art

Human Factors Research on Ambient Perceptual Semantic Array and impacts on Perception, Emotions, and Creativity as Action (AI of Creativity)

Design Frameworks for Collaboration & Co-Creativity (frameworks that support work)

Landscapes as Art and Virtual Reality Experiences (ART as Information and Emotion), Extend Shannon and Weaver’s Model of Communication to Beauty



What Beauty and Truth will you Create?

UCF SVAD Art Talk, 11/16/2016

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