Space Is The Place: From Simulation to Hyperreality
https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/IFD:SpaceIsThePlace
Description
Today abstraction is no longer that of the map, the double, the mirror or the concept. Simulation is no longer that real without origin or reality: a hyperreal.
–Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation
As applications and user experiences continue to evolve past the
boundaries of the device and melt into the fabric of the world at large,
the jobs of architects and interface designers are becoming ever more
entangled and indistinguishable. In a world where traditional
epistemological distinctions between \'rendered\' and \'real\' become
increasingly irrelevant, a considered awareness of space and place is
mandatory for the practitioners who mediate the environments where
application states intersect states of mind. This course exposes
participants to the philosophical and sociological discourse
underpinning hyperreality, while exploring contemporary off-screen
interfaces and ambient interaction in the rest of the universe, outside
of the device. Reflecting on the physics and psychology of space,
participants will consider the theoretical and technical foundations of
tangible, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, as well as future
directions for emerging technologies including Mixed Realities and the
Web of Everything. Successful candidates will apply their
experimentation in support of the development of a relevant semester
project, scaffolded by targeted readings, discussion sessions and
workshops.
Syllabus
17 October 2017
Week 1
Introduction
Course Organization
Administrative Housekeeping
Assignment: Read the linked article titled Jean Baudrillard: Simulacra and Simulations
24 October 2017
Week 2
An Abridged History of Simulation
Assignment: For our meeting in two weeks, develop a physical or digital simulation and be ready to present your work for 10-15 minutes. You may wish to refer to some of the examples listed in the sources below.
Sources and Links from the Lecture
Baudrillard, the Simulacra and the Origins of Simulation
- https://nbrokaw.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/baudrillardsimulacraandsimulations.pdf
- http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/simulationsimulacrum.htm
- http://publish.uwo.ca/~dmann/baudrillard1.htm
- http://www.continentcontinent.cc/index.php/continent/article/viewArticle/91
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8U0YZCA7QU&t=457s
- http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.de/2012/10/simulacra-and-simulation-by-jean.html
- http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.de/2012/10/jean-baudrillard-precession-of.html
- https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYUhKo47SaE
- http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.de/2011/11/jean-boudrillard-structural-law-of.html
- http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.de/2011/11/jean-boudrillard-structural-law-of_7603.html
- http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.de/2012/10/the-real-and-simulation-according-to.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7Z_28Uk6g
- https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-the-society-of-the-spectacle.pdf
From Creative Production to Living Simulation
- DOI: 10.2190/H5DU-QEMY-JNHQ-MV8N
- http://katarze.mysteria.cz/artaud/theatre_its_double.pdf
- http://www.arterritory.com/en/texts/articles/5464-art_as_a_simulation_nothing_new/
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2012.01126.x
- http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/58289
- DOI: 10.1007/s11023-012-9292-0
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/
- https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfoo9NBEow&t=433s
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/did-the-oscars-just-prove-that-we-are-living-in-a-computer-simulation
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnl6nY8YKHs
Simulation, Modeling and Computation
- https://books.google.de/books?id=M3_9iJZyl70C&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=Simulation+is+the+imitation+of+the+operation+of+a+real-world+process+or+system+over+time&source=bl&ots=gsZo0OaPhM&sig=ylrSp47WWrSKgFm8p7vHSlWNoDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn9rDqgInXAhXMnBoKHVn-DeAQ6AEIWTAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://www.landersimulation.com/eng/training-with-simulation/the-world-in-motion/history-of-simulation/
- DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429341
- http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BuffonsNeedleProblem.html
- https://brilliant.org/wiki/monte-carlo/
- https://archive.org/stream/itssmarttousedum00hilt#page/58/mode/2up
- https://github.com/mjbommar/cscs-530-w2016/blob/master/readings/tocher-the-art-of-simulation.pdf
- http://www.jstor.org/stable/20762368
- http://fshistory.simflight.com/
- https://www.ea.com/news/simcity-2000-is-on-the-house
- http://simh.trailing-edge.com/
Digital Simulation Examples
- https://www.wired.com/story
- the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-paperclip/
- http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
- https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyI_b_a_lNs
Extra Materials re: Simulation''
- http://www.bartleby.com/3/1/6.html
- http://www.simstaff.com
- difference-between-low-fidelity-and-high-fidelity-simulations/
- https://ntl.bts.gov/lib/000/800/858/tn95_46.pdf
- http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a101475.pdf
24 October 2017
Week 3
No Class - Reformation Day
7 November 2017
Week 4
Roundtable Project Presentation I: Simulation
Assignment: For next week, please read the following two articles: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-spacetime/ and https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-stm/
14 November 2017
Week 5
Physics and Philosophy of Space
Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Einstein
Plato, Kant, Heidegger
Assignment: For next week, please review the following videos from the PBS series Space Time:
When Time Breaks Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguAN1_JouQ
The Origin of Matter and Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRqibyNMpw
The Real Meaning of E=mc^2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo232kyTsO0
In advance of next week's workshop you will also want to download and install SketchUp here: https://www.sketchup.com/download
Sources from the Lecture
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Newtonian Physics
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec03.html -
The Birth of Modern Science: Galileo and Decartes
Ricardo Nirenberg, 1996
http://www.albany.edu/~rn774/fall96/science2.html -
Euclid's Elements of Geometry
https://farside.ph.utexas.edu/books/Euclid/Elements.pdf -
Euclid: Hellenistic Mathematics
http://www.storyofmathematics.com/hellenistic_euclid.html -
Non-Euclidean Geometry
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Non-Euclidean_geometry.html -
Introduction to the Cartesian Plane
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/plane.htm -
Quadrants of the Cartesian Plane
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/plane3.htm -
Analytic Geometry
Community Calculus, Whitman College
https://www.whitman.edu/mathematics/calculus/calculus_01_Analytic_Geometry.pdf -
Descartes' Physics
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-physics/ -
Descartes' Physics
Jonathan Bain, NYU Tandon
http://faculty.poly.edu/~jbain/mms/handouts/mmsdescartesphysics.htm -
Descartes and Newton
Jonathan Bain, NYU Tandon
http://faculty.poly.edu/~jbain/mms/handouts/mmsdescarteslaws.htm -
Introduction to the Language of Kinematics
The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1DKin/Lesson-1/Introduction -
Newton's Laws
The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Newtons-Laws -
Video: Kant on Space Part 1, Prof. Scott Edgar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnG0fyEr_w -
Video: Kant on Space Part 2, Prof. Scott Edgar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89xjsBW9AAI -
The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/analytic-synthetic/ -
Video: Heidegger in the Kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpenjeR6BXE -
A Bicycle Built for 2000, Aaron Koblin
http://www.bicyclebuiltfortwothousand.com -
Video: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA -
Video: Failed Simulation, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), John Hughes, dir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqjK6jjt6gk
21 November 2017
Week 6
3D Spatial Representation and Digital Modelling
Workshop with Pol Foreman
28 November 2017
Week 7
Midterm Presentations
5 December 2017
Week 8
Proximetrics: Human Perception and Psychology of Space
Tangible Computing
Physical Interfaces
Sources and Links from the Lecture
12 December 2017
Week 9
NOTE: Today's class meeting is cancelled due to illness.
19 December 2017
Week 10
Prototyping Lab
09 January 2018
Week 11
Input Modalities
Context-Aware Computing and Location Services
Sources and Links from the Lecture
Assignment: Considering the different input modalities presented during today's demos (conventional HID devices, tangible interface objects, Computer Vision, embedded or discrete sensors, audio processing, location/positioning systems) develop an example of a simple system that takes some form of input and uses it to determine a change in usage context and then affect a corresponding change in the system's behavior. Be ready to present your system and discuss its input and context during next week's project roundtable.
16 January 2018
Week 12
Roundtable Project Presentation II: Inputs and Context
Milgram und Co.: Mixed Realities
23 January 2018
Week 13
Debugging Lab (Possible Excursion?)
30 January 2018
Week 14
Final Presentations
15 March 2018
Final Semester Deliverable Submission Deadline