Stereoscopic CAD and Environmental Sculpture: Enhancement of the Design Process in the Visual Arts

Robert N. Fisher; Pier Luigi Bandini

doi:10.1117/12.952866

11 September 1989 Stereoscopic CAD and Environmental Sculpture: Enhancement of the Design Process in the Visual Arts

Robert N. Fisher, Pier Luigi Bandini

Proceedings Volume 1083, Three-Dimensional Visualization and Display Technologies; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952866
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, co-authors Robert Fisher and Pier Luigi Bandini describe their personal observations concerning stereo enhancements of computer graphics images employed in their research. in Part One, Robert Fisher, a professional sculptor, Professor and Artist-in-Residence in the College of Engineering at Penn State, cites three recent environmental sculpture projects: "See-scape," "A Page from the Book of Skies," and an as yet untitled work. Wireframe images, interior views of architectural spaces, and complex imagery are rendered comprehensible by stereo 3-D. In Part Two, Pier L. Bandini, Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Architecture CAD Lab at Penn State, describes the virtues of the stereo-enhanced wireframe model--the benefits of the "see-through coupled with a complete awareness of the whole space." The final example, of a never-realized XVIII-century project, suggests a new and profound application of stereo 3-D to historical inquiry, namely, the experience of ancient spaces and structures that are no longer existing or that were never constructed.

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Robert N. Fisher and Pier Luigi Bandini "Stereoscopic CAD and Environmental Sculpture: Enhancement of the Design Process in the Visual Arts", Proc. SPIE 1083, Three-Dimensional Visualization and Display Technologies, (11 September 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952866

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