Abstract
This paper discusses the Last Supper Interactive (LSI) project, a real-time-immersive interactive storytelling and virtual narrative application in high-definition (3D/4K stereo) that incorporates Virtual Reality (VR) and haptic technology, based on the Last Supper (L’Ultima Cena); a late 15th century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci located in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan, Italy. The LSI can be considered an immersive stereoscopic vision and holistic, multi-sensorial engaging experimental journey into Leonardos’ Last Supper painting, enabling visitors to explore and be virtually transferred inside the picture, enabling them to experience the three-dimensional composition of the painting, move in- and outside in real time from any perspective over the full 360° range, and to explore how linear perspective, was used by Leonardo Da Vinci in the Last Supper. The VR application currently runs on a high resolution 4k stereo visualization display system providing haptic technology and user-driven interactive tools for the virtual access to the artwork. This paper presents an overview of the project, key achievements and recent accomplishments.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
(2017) Exploring Linear Perspective. Museum of Science, Boston. http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/ExploringLinearPerspective.html
Wikieducator (2012) The element of space, the visual language. Art Appreciation and Techniques (#ART100). http://wikieducator.org/The_visual_language/Space
Wolfe G (2002) Leonardo’s Incessant Last Supper. First Things. The Institute on Religion and Public Life, New York. http://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/leonardos-incessant-last-supper-9
MaItaly (2011) Brunelleschi and the Re-discovery of Linear Perspective. Italian History and Art. https://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/brunelleschi-and-the-re-discovery-of-linear-perspective/
Newman S, Paintings in the Middle Ages. History Middle Ages, The Finer Times. http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/paintings-from-the-middle-ages.html
Bambach C (2002) Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Online: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm
Brizio AM (1982) Leonardo: The Artist. McGraw-Hill Co.
Kubovy M (ed) (2003) The Psychology of Perspective and Renaissance Art. C Michael Kubovy
Fischnaller F (1995) Multi Mega Book. Prix Ars Electronica, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Linz, Austria, pp 48–50
Fischnaller F, Singh YM, Reed M (2013) The last supper interactive stereoscopic and ultra-high resolution 4K 3D HD for immersive real-time virtual narrative in Italian renaissance art. In: Digital Heritage 2013, International Congress 2013, 28 October–01 November, Marseille, France
Schubert T, Friedmann F, Regenbrecht H (1999) Embodied presence in virtual environments. In: Paton R, Neilson I (eds) Visual Representations and Interpretations. Springer, London, pp 268–278
McMahan A (2003) Immersion, Engagement, and Presence. A Method for Analyzing 3-D VideoGames. http://people.ict.usc.edu/~morie/SupplementalReadings/ch3-McMahanrev.pdf
The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)
Fischnaller F (2006) Our age: the revolution of the virtual reality and the 3D. In: Proceeding: Sciences and Technology Seminar, Faculty of Science of the Information, University Complutense of Madrid, pp 34–38, Images 6, Editor, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain (paper in proceedings)
Fischnaller F (2016) Immersive Museums … The Architecture of the Senses, Technology in the Arts, Humanities and Cultural Heritage. Scénographies de l’éclat: des lieux sacrés en Grèce ancienne à l’immersion muséale de demain… Séminaire L’éclat, le geste et la société… Approches interdisciplinaires, organisé par M. Philippe Jockey (Sorbonne Universités - LAMS - VALE – POLYRE). Giornale Kermes, Nardini Editore
Czernuszenko M, Pape D, Sandin D, DeFanti T, Dawe GL, Brown MD (1997) The ImmersaDesk and Infinity Wall Projection-Based Virtual Reality Displays. Electronic Visualization Laboratory. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Chicago 851 S. Morgan, room 1120 SEO Chicago, IL 60607 USA. Published in May 1997 issue of Computer Graphics
Pape D, Imai T, Anstey J, Roussou M, DeFanti T (1998) XP: an authoring system for immersive art exhibitions. In: Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Gifu, Japan, 18–20 November 1998
Fischnaller F et al (2015) The Last Supper interactive project - kinesthetic sense of presence and haptic interaction in stereoscopic immersive virtual environments based in renaissance art. In: Digital Heritage 2015, International Congress 2015, 28 September–02 October, Granada, Spain
Acknowledgment
Università degli Studi di Milano; Zentrum für Kunst and Design, Germany; Robotics srl, Italy; L’EMMECI, Italy; Ars Electronica Future Lab, Austria; Museum of Science and Technology, ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Italy; Virtual Archaeological Museum, Italy; Electronic Visualization Lab UIC, USA; MEDIARTECH, Italy; the Region of Tuscany, Italy, University of Bristol, UK, University of Essex, UK, G-SCOP Laboratory Grenoble Industrial Engineering School (GI), France; VISIONAIR “Advanced Infrastructure for Research”.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Fischnaller, F. (2018). The Last Supper Interactive Project. The Illusion of Reality: Perspective and Perception. In: Amoruso, G. (eds) Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design. INTBAU 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57937-5_73
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57937-5_73
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-57936-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-57937-5
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)