Bruce Damer's presentation on Ratava's Line Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, April 2003

RATAVA’S LINE A collaborative cyber-fashion event and online mystery game Fashion Institute of Technology Simon Fraser University April 23, 2003

RATAVA’S LINE Site

Overview A first in the fashion design/education field
FIT, SFU, Adobe
Interdisciplinary, cross-institutional, international
Collaborative, distance learning environment
New online creative and marketing tools
New skills
New markets and careers
New ways of marketing

Aspects of Collaboration
Creating and translating fashion designs to explore how they relate to virtual environments
Exploring how virtual worlds can support artists (artwork is included from NYC and Vancouver)
Interactive narrative performance (characters are played by actors simultaneously from both coasts/countries)
How collaborative projects can bring people and countries together
Exploring as a group that never met the issues of the "real" and the virtual

Adobe Atmosphere
Defining a new creative medium
Setting the standard for 3D on the web
Open, distributed cyberspace on the net
Industrial, commercial, educational applications
Users create and share own content
Player and Builder
Viewpoint for hi-res objects

Online collaborative tools
Adobe Atmosphere shared virtual 3D spaces
Real time chat
Webcam
Discussion forums
3D modeling tools

New design and learning skills
Range of environments: 2D, 3D, physical, virtual, live
Range of media: Fashion show, art show, interactive narrative, game, live performance
Distributed international team
Interdisciplinary communicating, thinking, working, negotiating, results

New ways of marketing
Virtual portfolio: beyond physical and powerpoint
Virtual changing room
Design and manufacture on demand
Global access, 24/7

New markets/careers: Media go virtual
Serving the needs of Silicon Alley and the global media marketplace
Gaming (design and wear your character)
Interactive storytelling
Virtual set and character design
Movie special effects

RATAVA’S LINE Site Pose Ah

Future Tech Directions
Poser 5 Cloth Model, with a revolution in 3D Chipset performance
The tie-in with apparel: Whole Garment Knitting, CAD/CAM comes to fashion?

Poser 5 Cloth Modeling with a revolution in 3D Chipset performance

Whole Garment Knitting CAD/CAM comes to the apparel business (Shima Seiki)

Ongoing Partnership: Rev 2.0 and Beyond
Fashion
Design
Education
New Media
New Tech and Tools
Art
Industry

A new dimension in a new millennium
From cut-and-sew to CAD and make.
From geek to glam
From separation to collaboration
From competition to convergence
From screen to life and life to screen
From real to virtual and back again

Online Resources
This presentation is at: http:// www.digitalspace.com /presentations/fit/
RATAVA’S LINE Project and Event Pages: http:// www.sfu.ca/sfufit
Contact: http:// www.digitalspace.com/forms/comment.html
www.digitalspace.com The Digital Space Commons
Whole Garment Knitting: http:// www.shimaseiki.co.jp/wholegarmente.html
Fashion Institute of Technology: http:// www.fitnyc.edu
Simon Fraser University: http:// www.sfu.ca
Adobe Atmosphere: http://www.adobe.com/products/atmosphere

Bruce Damer's presentation on Ratava's Line Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, April 2003

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