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The last moving image device in Pre-Cinema age, the “Theatre Optique,” developed in the 19th century, is said to be the origin of today's video equipment. It is also notable that it had a unique expressive technology different from that of today's television and cinema. Theatre Optique is the most important device and technology in Media History. Theatre Optique, however, rapidly lost its social role after the advent of cinema, and today it is little known historically as an animated image device. It has become a kind of ‘lost technology,’ so to speak. This study designed “Digital Optique,” an application that reproduces Theatre Optique on a digital device. The application is digitization of the technology that is now regarded as a lost technology in the context of media history, and it enables users to experience the Pre-Cinema animated picture device. We also examine the applicability of Digital Optique for utilization as the content for education or entertainment.
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Kuwahara, N., Fujimoto, T. (2023). Development of Digitalization of Video Device in the Pre-Cinema Era. In: Selvaraj, H., Fujimoto, T. (eds) Applied Systemic Studies. ICSEng 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 611. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27470-1_22
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