Interface[s] Montréal

Immersion and Virtual Reality

Hervé Fischer

Artist Researcher, CIAM and Hexagram

The 3D doesn’t exist

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Hervé Fischer founded the Cité des arts et des nouvelles technologies de Montreal in 1986 with Ginette Major, and organized the annuel and international Images du futur exhibition and computer animation competition. He also iniciated the MIM – Multimedia International Market in 1993 and the Electronic Café in 1995. He has been holder of the Daniel Langlois chair at Concordia University, and presently artist researcher at CIAM and Hexagram. Recently, he has published Digital Schok, Le romantisme numérique, CyberPromethée, La planète hyper, The decline of the Hollywood empire.”:http://www.herverfischer.net.

Interactivity is not only an indication of the recreational and magical powers of the digital age, it also enhances the realism and potential of virtual immersion environments by instilling cognitive and instrumental simulations and a feeling of personal involvement. It allows humans to inhabit the synthetic environment – linking artificial intelligence, memory and life in a new configuration so powerful that it can unite multiple contributors to a community of practice via a network. Though decidedly bland and somewhat simplistic in its infancy, interactivity has evolved considerably over the last twenty years and is now a determining factor in the creation of the new digital realism destined to enhance the algorithmic utopia of our times.