Suguru Goto: netBody: Augmented Body and Virtual Body II

 
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    netBody: Augmented Body and Virtual Body II

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Artist Statement:


    This performance links the real world to the online reality of Second Life at the physical level. The bodily movements of a person in the real world control an avatar in Second Life, while an avatar’s movements guide a human being’s movements.
    Second Life is 3D online digital world where flesh-and-blood humans create a unique identities (avatars) to inhabit the digital com-munity. Contact between these realities is usually affected through a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. In this work, the whole body takes part, through technology that makes communication between the two realities two-way and physical. A movement-registering mechanism built into a body suit allows a person’s movements to directly control the behavior of an avatar in Second Life. Conversely, a powered suit contains motors that control the human body like a marionette. It is a robot you can wear, controlled by an avatar.
    With this technology, geography, location, and space no longer hinder physical interaction between bodies. A Second Life avatar becomes a vehicle for physically connecting the individual to society. This could make it possible for people all over the world to share each other’s bodies over the internet. In this project, we do not know exactly who is controlling the powered suit or where they are in the world. Our bodies become a combination of “real” and computer-generated information.
    This performance is presented on the stage in the concert hall at Pacifico Yokohama. A worldwide audience can see or participate in the performance by downloading a customized version of the Second Life Viewer program (suguru.goto.free.fr/), logging in to Second Life (www.secondlife.com), and teleporting to the Second Life venue (suguru.goto.free.fr/).

Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:


    Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique

Other Information:


    Suguru Goto
    Concept, Inventor of BodySuit and Powered Suit, Music
    Shu Okuno
    Bijuree
    Powered Suit Performance: Dance, Mime
    Baptiste Bohelay
    Second Life Programming
    Japan Electronics College
    3D IMAGES SUPPORT AND COOPERATION
    Shinji Sasada
    Second Life Building, 3D Image Direction
    Miho Odagiri
    Second Life Building Design
    Tetsuya Sasaki
    Yuuta Ishii
    3D images