Constellation of Departure

The use of large visual displays in public spaces such as large buildings has become increasingly popular. Public art can make use of the characteristics and context of the site. However, it is difficult to install new displays in existing buildings because of the large, rigid hardware associated with such displays. In this article, we describe a robust, lightweight, low-profile, and fully restorable display system that can be easily and quickly installed for use in existing public buildings. We considerably reduced the number of physical components and the system weight with our proposed method, which can be optimized for any planned content. We describe the technical design and implementation of the display system and discuss some of its applications for public audiences. We then report a three-month field trial that we conducted at an airport terminal building. We discuss the advantages and effectiveness of this system in light of the field trial results.

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Publications

Journals/Magazines

  • Munehiko Sato, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Shinya Nishizaka, Yusuke Torigoe, Atsushi Izumihara, Atsushi Hiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose: “Large-scale displays for public spaces—constellation of departure: presenting the impression of airplanes taking off above an airport departure lounge”, ACM Computers in Entertainment (CIE), Volume 9 Issue 1, April 2011
  • Munehiko Sato, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Shinya Nishizaka, Yusuke Torigoe, Atsushi Izumihara, Atsushi Hiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose: “Constellation of Departure: Presenting the Atmosphere of Airplanes Taking off at an Airport Departure Lounge” (in Japanese. “出発の星座: 空港出発ロビーにおける航空機離陸の空気感提示”), Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Vol.15, pp.325-334, Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ), September 2010.

Peer Reviewed International Conferences (Oral Presentations)

  • Munehiko Sato, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Shinya Nishizaka, Yusuke Torigoe, Atsushi Izumihara, Atsushi Hiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose. “Large-scale Displays for Public Spaces – Constellation of Departure: Presenting the Impression of Airplanes Taking Off above an Airport Departure Lounge”, ACM ACE(International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology), Taipei, Taiwan, November 2010.

Video/Demo Presentations at International Conferences

  • Munehiko Sato, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Shinya Nishizaka, Yusuke Torigoe, Atsushi Izumihara, Atsushi Hiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose. “Highly integratable large-scale displays for public spaces,” ACM UbiComp 2010 Video, Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 2010.

Honors/Awards

  • Good Design Award 2010, “Constellation of Departure”, September 2010.

Media Coverage

TV Show

  • NHK Digital Studium
  • NHK おはよう日本
  • NHK NHK WORLD TV JAPAN 7DAYS

Newspaper

  • 掲載誌:日経流通新聞(9月16日)
    内容:「空気の港」
  • 掲載誌:建築通信新聞(10月9日)
    内容:「デジタルパブリックアート 羽田で「空気の港」展」

Magazine

  • AXIS 2009/8月号
  • ELLE DECO 2009/10月号
  • BT/美術手帖 2009/10月号
  • 装苑 2009/10月号, 2009/11月号
  • ecocolo エココロ 2009/11月号
  • BIGBIRD 2009/9-11月号
  • Numero Tokyo 2009/11月号
  • GQJapan 2009/11月号
  • デザインの現場 2009/10月号
  • ソトコト 2009/11月号
  • ミセス 2009/11月号
  • Web Designing 2009/11月号
  • 翼の王国 2009/10月号
  • relations 2009/9-10月号
  • 京急なぎさ 2009/10-11月号

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