As the exponential curve of Moore’s law ascends, so too do our avenues of expression.  In this TED video, artist Natasha Tsakos fuses live performance with projected backgrounds and digital animation for an inspiring vision of the future present.

As digital art programs become more intuitive, user-friendly and portable, whole new modes of fully-immersive communication and performance will allow people to manifest and share their wildest flights of imagination.  The legos, dolls and action figures of this era’s children will increasingly occur on the planes of virtual reality, to be exchanged and remixed among friends, giving rise to waves of cultural novelty the likes of which the modern world has never seen.

Leonar3do

‘The main components of the Leonar3Do interactive desktop VR (virtual reality) hardware are: a spatial input device (the ‘bird’) with six degrees of freedom, 3D glasses and monitor-mounted sensors. The bird operates in six degrees of freedom, which means that you can not only move the individual objects or the whole space, but also rotate them. The 3D glasses allow users to perceive a stereoscopic image displayed before the monitor area as three-dimensional object. The sensors continuously track the position of both the bird and the glasses, and send information through the central unit to the Leonar3Do system software.’

Re-envision the image of the One-Man-Band for the present day’s technology, a single person radiating mesmerizing fields of symphonic sound, light and form. Imagine whole classrooms, neighborhoods and protest rallies joining forces to project holographic visualizations in full view of the public and media coverage. How might these newfound means of being seen and heard catalyze a Revolutionary Renaissance?