“drop”: An Interactive Art Installation with Water Drop Projection-Mapping, SIGGRAPH 2021, Art Papers
Authors: Sadam Fujioka
Abstract:
This paper describes an interactive art installation titled “drop.” It is the first artwork using the Waterdrop Projection-Mapping (WPM) system, which animates levitating waterdrops. With this artwork, the anno lab team infuses physical characteristics into computer graphics and materializes them as tangible pixels. WPM consists of a waterdrop generator and an ultra high-speed projector. The team uses an ultra high-speed projector to cast stroboscopic spotlights mapping on waterdrops to create an optical illusion of animating each waterdrop individually. This is a new technique to show computer animation by animating levitating waterdrops. This technique explores a new horizon to create animations with tangible pixels that the viewer can touch physically.
Keyword: Interactive Art Installation, Waterdrop Projection Mapping, High Speed Projector, Stroboscopic Effect, Human Computer Interaction
