The iDesign platform: immersive intelligent aesthetics for scenographic modelling

Del Favero, D; Thurow, S; Wallen, L

The iDesign platform: immersive intelligent aesthetics for scenographic modelling

Del Favero, D Thurow, S Wallen, L

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Publisher:: Informa UK Limited
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Theatre and Performance Design, 2021, 7, (1-2), pp. 82-95
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Del Favero, D
dc.contributor.author	Thurow, S
dc.contributor.author	Wallen, L https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-9864
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-03T22:36:35Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-03T22:36:35Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Theatre and Performance Design, 2021, 7, (1-2), pp. 82-95
dc.identifier.issn	2332-2551
dc.identifier.issn	2332-2578
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/152079
dc.description.abstract	This article introduces iDesign, a novel full-body immersive 3D digital set modelling system currently in joint development by the Sydney Theatre Company, the University of New South Wales’ iCinema Centre, the University of Technology Sydney, and the National Institute for Dramatic Art (Australia; 2018–21). Deploying a visualisation pipeline that utilises a 3D digital environment that remotely located creatives can share, iDesign enables collaborative ideation, testing and iteration of production design concepts in real time, to be supported by an artificially intelligent (AI) system. The article contextualises iDesign’s underpinning aesthetic rationale by reviewing the functionalities and ontological differences of physical and virtual models as epistemological conduits and representative objects. It outlines the system’s key features and capabilities and discusses them in relation to other visualisation approaches currently trialled across the entertainment industry, such as Virtual Reality (VR), 3D modelling suites and pre-visualisation software. Considering the system’s archival capabilities, the text further sketches iDesign’s value as an educational platform and closes with a reflection on the impacts of digital technologies on scenographic practice.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Informa UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartof	Theatre and Performance Design
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/23322551.2021.1919488
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing, 1905 Visual Arts and Crafts
dc.title	The iDesign platform: immersive intelligent aesthetics for scenographic modelling
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	7
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
utslib.for	1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
utslib.for	1905 Visual Arts and Crafts
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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dc.date.updated	2021-12-03T22:36:33Z
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pubs.volume	7
utslib.citation.issue	1-2

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This article introduces iDesign, a novel full-body immersive 3D digital set modelling system currently in joint development by the Sydney Theatre Company, the University of New South Wales’ iCinema Centre, the University of Technology Sydney, and the National Institute for Dramatic Art (Australia; 2018–21). Deploying a visualisation pipeline that utilises a 3D digital environment that remotely located creatives can share, iDesign enables collaborative ideation, testing and iteration of production design concepts in real time, to be supported by an artificially intelligent (AI) system. The article contextualises iDesign’s underpinning aesthetic rationale by reviewing the functionalities and ontological differences of physical and virtual models as epistemological conduits and representative objects. It outlines the system’s key features and capabilities and discusses them in relation to other visualisation approaches currently trialled across the entertainment industry, such as Virtual Reality (VR), 3D modelling suites and pre-visualisation software. Considering the system’s archival capabilities, the text further sketches iDesign’s value as an educational platform and closes with a reflection on the impacts of digital technologies on scenographic practice.

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