Deep Field, an immersive augmented reality (AR) art app, is designed to inspire global collaboration and bring the wonders of nature to life. Powered by the cutting-edge iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, this interactive experience is set to captivate audiences at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney and the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
Deep Field taps into humanity’s curiosity about the natural world. Participants are invited to unleash their creativity by drawing flora and fauna, experimenting with vibrant colors, shapes, and textures. Using the Deep Field iPad app and the precise Apple Pencil, they contribute their designs to a global database, where participants worldwide collaborate in real-time, co-creating a mesmerizing ecosystem. Augmented reality technology, supported by the LiDAR Scanner on the iPad Pro, transforms these drawings into magnificent 3D plant structures, adorning floors, walls, and ceilings and immersing viewers in a captivating new natural realm.
The guided experience encourages viewers to adopt fresh perspectives and contemplate the planet’s beauty and significance. Deep Field’s UV mode enables participants to experience their creations from a different dimension, seeing the world through the eyes of a pollinator.
Tin&Ed are renowned for their boundary-pushing work that fuses art, design, and technology. Deep Field represents their vision of using accessible technology to empower individuals to bring their creative visions to life while raising awareness about environmental conservation.
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To realize the vast potential of Deep Field, Tin&Ed expertly combined their art and design background with their passion for creative technologies. Leveraging the power of devices such as the MacBook Pro, Mac Studio with M1 Ultra, and Studio Display, along with the 3D platform Unity, they created intricate, optimized 3D worlds. The Deep Field app, developed with Apple’s ARKit framework, integrates the advanced depth-sensing features of the iPad Pro with the M2 chip, resulting in astonishingly realistic AR experiences. The state-of-the-art LiDAR Scanner measures light distance, providing faster and more immersive interactions.
Tin Nguyen of Tin&Ed emphasizes, “AR is a powerful artistic medium for storytelling because it is immersive and multisensory. The power of the M2 chip on the iPad Pro has made it possible to create a work that enables children from across the globe to imagine new worlds together in real-time.” Edward Cutting adds, “Deep Field encourages children to deeply observe and contemplate the natural world. We hope they leave the experience feeling wonder, curiosity, and a stronger connection to nature and one another.”
To enhance the multisensory aspect, Deep Field incorporates a captivating soundscape curated by audio naturalist Martyn Stewart. Stewart and his foundation, The Listening Planet, tirelessly catalog the sounds of the planet, aiming to preserve its future.
After its initial unveiling in Sydney and Los Angeles, Deep Field will embark on a world tour, enchanting audiences in Europe in October and Asia in November, including a stop at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore. This immersive AR experience promises to ignite creativity, foster collaboration, and encourage a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
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