The use of computer generated integral images to visualise cyber-sculpture

Over the past decade there has emerged a growing number of sculptors, from around the globe, who have found a use for the computer in their research and practice. For some it offers a design tool but for others it has become a new media. A new integral imaging system capable of real-time capture and replay and methods of computer generation of synthetic integral images has been developed. Keith Brown, a sculptor was intrigued at the possibilities this offers as a means through which to realize cyber-sculptures as true 3D optical constructs. This paper presents the most recent results of the collaboration between Keith Brown and the Imaging Technologies Group at De Montfort University.