(2016) Smith, Benjamin D.; Cox, Robin; Department of Music and Arts Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
Big Tent, a large scale portable environment for 360 degree immersive video and audio artistic presentation and research, is described and initial experiences are reported.
Unlike other fully-surround environments of considerable size, Big Tent may be easily transported and setup in any space with adequate foot print, allowing immersive,
interactive content to be brought to non-typical audiences and environments. Construction and implementation of Big Tent focused on maximizing portability by
minimizing setup and tear down time, crew requirements, maintenance costs, and transport costs. A variety of different performance and installation events are discussed,
exploring the possibilities Big Tent presents to contemporary multi-media artistic creation.