The Museum of Pure Form

Visualization

	The video subsystem shows a 3D visualization of the interaction between the hand of the operator, represented by an avatar (the virtual representation of a user) placed in a virtual environment, and the digital model of a sculpture. The MPF finds an easy application since, despite its sophisticated and complex architecture, it consists in a system that can be placed in a non-specifically structured environment. In fact, the MPF is designed for museum visits where visitors are surrounded by statues that have been digitalized, so that they are enabled to interact with the real statues, even if through their 3D digital copies.

	The MPF can be realized with two installations: an installation with a video subsystem made up of one or more panels which are placed in front of the user, thus allowing a high degree of realism;

	an installation in a CAVE (CAve Virtual Environment) which offers the user the highest level of realism. The CAVE space (dimesions Mt 3x3x3 or 3x3x6) consists in a room whose walls, including the ceiling and the floor, are made up of screens where high resolution 3D images are projected and back-projected together with the sound effects which are recreated at the same time.