Abstract

We describe an interactive digital art application deployed at a university campus with the goal of investigating participants’ initial experiences of bridging two realities through 3D artwork in a hybrid reality space. The underlying purpose of the installation is to bring liveliness and increased social interaction to both the virtual and the physical world. We used the HTC Vive and a 3D painting program (Google Tilt Brush) for the creation of the artwork. After creation, the artworks were transferred to an immersive virtual mirror world, in our case a version of our university campus, using an export tool. Results from an initial user study with 32 participants suggest that people found our system attractive, and there was only slight difference in how much they enjoyed seeing their work in the Tilt Brush view versus the virtual campus gallery view.