{"id":443301,"date":"2017-12-07T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T00:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=443301"},"modified":"2019-05-22T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T19:09:15","slug":"a-panorama-of-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/a-panorama-of-the-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Panorama of the Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-grid \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"l-col-16-24 center\" >\n\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Using RoomAlive Toolkit to transform the experience of a normal conference a room into an ever-changing skyspace.<\/h2><p><em>A Panorama of the Skies<\/em> is a prototype of an <em>immersive audiovisual installation<\/em> created in collaboration between <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.majapetric.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maja Petri\u0107<\/a>, an artist, and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hrvojebenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hrvoje Benko<\/a>, a human-computer interaction researcher at <em>Microsoft Research<\/em>. Together they have been researching possibilities of immersive technologies through which a space can be experienced emotionally.<\/p><p>Exhibited: <em>December 2015 \u2013 March 2016<\/em><\/p><p>The sound was created by <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/dxarts.washington.edu\/people\/daniel-peterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Peterson<\/a>, a doctoral student at the <em>University of Washington\u2019s Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media<\/em> with an emphasis on composition and 3D spatial sound using ambisonics. Using recordings of natural sounds, he has created an immersive soundscape that modulates between the real and the imaginary by the use of experimental 3D audio techniques to create diffuse soundfields.<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhjIh8tOxUY?rel=0\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"left\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><div id=\"attachment_443319\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443319\" class=\"wp-image-443319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_2.jpg\" alt=\"conference room\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_2-343x193.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normal conference room at Microsoft is transformed\u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443322\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443322\" class=\"wp-image-443322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/maja_room4.jpg\" alt=\"purple table in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026 into a place at dawn \u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443328\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443328\" class=\"wp-image-443328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/maja_room3.jpg\" alt=\"red table in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room3-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230;where the sun rises \u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443334\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443334\" class=\"wp-image-443334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_4-1.jpg\" alt=\"steel blue table in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_4-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_4-1-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026until the lighting strikes\u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443337\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443337\" class=\"wp-image-443337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/maja_room2.jpg\" alt=\"blue table in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_room2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026 and the storm takes over\u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443340\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443340\" class=\"wp-image-443340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_6.jpg\" alt=\"blue table in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_6-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026 until the calm after the storm\u2026<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_443343\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443343\" class=\"wp-image-443343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/maja_portrait2.jpg\" alt=\"looking at portrait in immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_portrait2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_portrait2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maja_portrait2-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2026in the purpose of complete immersion of a viewer into an elevated emotional space.<\/p><\/div><p>Maja\u2019s and Hrvoje\u2019s focus has been on the innovative application of audiovisual experience that engages perception, emotion, and imagination, and morphs experience of space. For this project, they transformed the experience of an otherwise normal conference a room in Microsoft\u2019s Building 99, through the use of audiovisual content, with a multi-projector, multi-depth-camera framework called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/roomalive-toolkit\/?from=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fprojects%2Froomalivetoolkit%2F\">RoomAlive Toolkit<\/a><\/em>. The system uses 5 projectors and 8 Kinect cameras to acquire a detailed map of the room, register the projectors and cameras into a single coordinate system, and enable real-time projection mapping in the immersive scene.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-443346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_8.png\" alt=\"diagram of immersive technologies installation\" width=\"840\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_8.png 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/a_panorama_of_the_skies_8-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>About the artist<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-447948 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/12\/maja_portrait_250_circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"Maja Petric circle portrait\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/maja_portrait_250_circle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/maja_portrait_250_circle-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/maja_portrait_250_circle.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.majapetric.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maja Petri\u0107<\/a> is an artist working at the interface of science, technology, and art. Her work is about transforming poetic experience of space through light. During her art residency at Microsoft Research, she has been exploring the essence of the sky both thematically and experientially in collaboration with natural interaction researcher Hrvoje Benko and machine learning researcher Neboj\u0161a Joji\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>Maja holds the Doctorate in <em>Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS)<\/em> from <em>University of Washington<\/em> and the Masters degree in new media art from <em>New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)<\/em>. Maja grew up in Croatia during the violent fragmentation of Yugoslavia. It is then that she became preoccupied with using art to transform the sense of her surroundings. Her work is about transforming the poetic experience of space through light.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the venues where she exhibited include <em>Henry Art Gallery, Matadero Madrid, Medialab Prado,<\/em> and<em> Amazon Gallery<\/em>. Some of the awards she received include <em>Richard Kelly Light Art Award<\/em>, two <em>Thunen Lighting Awards<\/em>, and Doctoral Fellowship from <em>Croatian Science Foundation<\/em>. Most recently, The Centre for International Light Art nominated her for International Light Art Award.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"asset-content\">People<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"msr-people-list stripped ms-row no-margin-bottom\">\n<li class=\"xs-col-12-24 s-col-4-24 m-col-4-24 l-col-4-24 margin-bottom-sp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-180 photo msr-profile-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2011\/10\/Hrvoje-Benko.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Hrvoje Benko\" \/>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\"><a class=\"semibold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hbenko.com\/\">Hrvoje Benko<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\">Research Science Manager<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\">Oculus Research<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"xs-col-12-24 s-col-4-24 m-col-4-24 l-col-4-24 margin-bottom-sp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-180 photo msr-profile-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2017\/12\/daniel_peterson_200.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Daniel Peterson\" \/>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\"><a class=\"semibold\" href=\"https:\/\/dxarts.washington.edu\/people\/daniel-peterson\">Daniel Peterson<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\">Sound Artist<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-alt no-margin-bottom\">University of Washington<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Related Project<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/roomalive-toolkit\/\">RoomAlive ToolKit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Panorama of the Skies is a prototype of an immersive audiovisual installation created in collaboration between Maja Petri\u0107, an artist, and Hrvoje Benko, a human-computer interaction researcher at Microsoft Research. 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