Mrs. Squandertime

Josephine Anstey; Dave Pape

doi:10.1117/12.2008328

Mrs. Squandertime

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In this paper we discuss Mrs. Squandertime, a real-time, persistent simulation of a virtual character, her living room, and the view from her window, designed to be a wall-size, projected art installation. Through her large picture window, the eponymous Mrs. Squandertime watches the sea: boats, clouds, gulls, the tide going in and out, people on the sea wall. The hundreds of images that compose the view are drawn from historical printed sources. The program that assembles and animates these images is driven by weather, time, and tide data constantly updated from a real physical location. The character herself is rendered photographically in a series of slowly dissolving stills which correspond to the character's current behavior.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE-IS and T Electronic Imaging - The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008328
State	Published - 2013
Event	Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2013 - Burlingame, CA, United States Duration: Feb 4 2013 → Feb 5 2013

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8649
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Burlingame, CA
Period	02/4/13 → 02/5/13

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Nature Simulation
Persistant Simulation

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