Written by Joon Moon

Bifan’s XR showcase Beyond Reality reflects post-pandemic changes / by Screen Daily

The not-to-be-missed piece of the programme is Augmented Shadow: Chasing Stars In Shadow, directed by visual artist and engineer Moon Joon Yong.

Set up in an spacious tent outside the Korea Manhwa Museum, the piece uses Augmented Reality (AR) tech but seems like Virtual Reality (VR) in the sense that the viewer can be fully surrounded by the images and have an interactive experience inside the piece.

A viewer will take a real lantern into the space, joining in the movement of the animation, free to explore what’s going on inside. When one of the shadow characters waves at them, the user is meant to point their lantern at them. The character will then “grab” a ball of light coming from the lantern and plant it in the ground or hang it on a wall to open new images that grow and flow around the installation to music.

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Source: Courtesy of BIFAN
‘Augmented Shadow: Chasing Stars In Shadow’