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The Volca project: A multi-sensory camera for augmented reality

Buzzo, Daniel

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The Volca project is a speculative photography research project that is in parts a proposal, a sensory experiment and also continual work in progress.
Volca is an experimental camera apparatus for recording what Flusser [8, 9] would term ’technical images’. It’s design is to deliberately open the discussion of what it is to be photographer, or collaborator or even facilitator of a complex apparatus with a discrete system at it’s core. A system that extends beyond the physical body of the device and reaches into the heart of our human culture of creation, consumption, reflection, storytelling and the active shaping of our identity and self image.
The project has several separate aspects dealing with hardware, so ware, interaction design and media and photographic theory. This paper and the body of work it describes is the first collection of portraits and street photography produced with this new apparatus. The collection is arranged as a virtual reality photographic essay or artists photo-book. The making, distribution, display and consumption of these new speculative photographs is a vital part of the investigation of what can be considered the system of photography. A system where camera and photographer are only a small part of the philosophical whole.

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Buzzo, D. (2018, April). The Volca project: A multi-sensory camera for augmented reality. Paper presented at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Conference Location Montreal, Canada
Start Date Apr 21, 2018
End Date Apr 26, 2018
Acceptance Date Jan 15, 2018
Publication Date Apr 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 29, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 7, 2018
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
ISBN 9781450356213
Keywords volumetric imaging, photography, temporality, experimental imaging, media art
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/870011
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3177767
Related Public URLs http://buzzo.com/building-a-volumetric-camera/
Additional Information Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2018

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