{"id":8703,"date":"2023-05-09T09:17:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyfinish.com\/?post_type=work&p=8703"},"modified":"2023-05-09T09:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:17:24","slug":"the-royal-academy-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/happyfinish.com\/work\/the-royal-academy-of-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Academy of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Royal Academy of Arts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We collaborated with artist Yinka Shonibare<\/a> and the Royal Academy, leveraging new machine learning techniques to bring a fully immersive VR art exhibit to life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As AI continues to evolve, its role in artistic applications have only just begun to be explored. For this experimental project, our team merged machine learning and virtual reality to generate a style-matched, immersive art experience. The VR art walkthrough piece was created for the Royal Academy\u2019s high-profile From Life<\/em> exhibition, a curation of works exploring how the human form has been represented by artists over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the basis of our experience, we replicated the 2D environment of a Neoclassical painting (Venus Presenting Helen To Paris, 1785) in a 3D space, allowing viewers to walk around and explore. The original painter, Gavin Hamilton, had come up in Yinka\u2019s personal research having once excavated a statue of the goddess Venus \u2013 the subject of Yinka\u2019s recent work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A VR version of Yinka\u2019s \u2018Townley Venus\u2019 sculpture, a vibrantly modernised take on the classical statue, can be discovered by the viewer by walking through Hamilton\u2019s scene to the courtyard beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One pivotal goal of the experience was to match the original artwork\u2019s overall aesthetic and replicate the artist\u2019s unique style. To do this, we applied pioneering \u2018Style Transfer\u2019 techniques based on Deep Learning Neural Networks to replicate Hamilton\u2019s painting style and complete the unknown textures of the backs of the characters and elements of the environment. The result is a fusion of old and new art that utilises tech both in the creation and viewing of the experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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