Virtual Home is an experimental project using 3D room captures taken from my childhood home. Camera paths navigate the viewer through a digital documentation of an object manipulated by whims of artistic intervention.
In late December 2014 I decided to scan my childhood home after learning it was placed on the market for sale. The first video was made from a compilation of 3D scans composed in MODO to create a 3D object.
The second video was made with images sourced from Zillow in early 2015. The pictures advertising the house for sale were pieced together in MODO, creating an exterior walk-around of the house.
The time-based work pieces together data gathered by an early version of the Structure IO mobile scanner. The digital scanner device uses depth-sensing tools to accurately capture dimensions of objects and their surroundings. Surfaces are translated into geometric assemblages, often leaving gaps when unable to read a surface (mirrors, backsides of objects and distant objects obscure the scans). As a result of this process, the Structure IO's digital models present the real world as a montage of discontinuous surfaces.
Wandering Through Childhood from Rebecca Norton on Vimeo.