Action Room II platform

State
Designed and implemented by Manthos Santorineos and Stavroula Zoi. Completed in 2009.

Concept
Action Room II platform is a low cost experimental platform supporting experimental performances and multimedia spectacles, or interactive narratives. The main characteristic of this platform is that different media streams, such as theatrical lighting, humans, objects, and robotic parts can be synchronized through a software console running at a laptop.

Technology
Adobe Director, theatrical lights, Arduino.

Actions and presentations
Action Room II platform has been used in the development of three different cases of artworks:
“There are good giants”, by Manthos Santorineos, presented in 2009 in Fournos Centre for Digital Culture, Athens
“The Garment”, interactive installation, by Anna Meli, presented in Athens School of Fine Arts in 2010
“Game”, an interactive installation of Manthos Santorineos, presented in Athens School of Fine Arts, in 2013

Action Room II has also been presented to the 15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2009), in Vienna, in September 2009.

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