DOPAMINE - Unreal Engine 5 Niagara interactive particles
Interactive audiovisual installation. ADDICTION, LOVE and PHYSICAL ACTIVITY share a common hormone – DOPAMINE. This hormone is released when you engage in pleasurable activities.
The main function of dopamine is the reward effect that follows subjectively positive events or actions.
DOPAMINE is a take on the infamous particle spill, but this time in the form of an interactive audiovisual installation setting:
Real-time control of the virtual actor's movement speed and dynamic particle flow using an infrared camera, Unreal Engine and MAX.
A deforming particle swarm only spreads when the user's movement intensity exceeds a certain threshold.
DOPAMINE expands on Klaus Obermaier's recent exploration of placing innocent childlike virtual characters in various artistic, social, political and humanistic contexts and environments.
See also: • FACING LIFE [In Doc Tri Nation] - interact... - • Unreal Engine 5 – real-time 3D rendered au...
The video is a documentation of DOPAMINE shown at the international gallery "Centrul de Interes" in Cluj/Romania in April 2022.
Computer
FullHD or 4k projection
Stereo audio system
Duration and dimension variable
© Klaus Obermaier, 2022
Special thanks to @Kat Sullivan for her great tutorials.
Interactive Installation, created by Klaus Obermaier © 2022
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