Synthesis of Abstract Dynamic Quasiperiodic 3D Forms using SIRENs

Conference theme: Use of new and emerging technologies in Digital Art, Data, Scientific and Creative Visualisation, Digitally Enhanced Reality and Everyware, 2D and 3D Imaging, Display and Printing, Mobile Applications, Museums and Collections, Music, Performing arts, and Technologies, Open Source and Technologies, Preservation of Digital Visual Culture, Virtual Cultural Heritage, Ethical Issues, Historical Issues, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs

Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

Keywords: Synthesis of 3D structures, Implicit neural representations, Digital art, Generative art

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This paper explores using SIRENs, neural networks with periodic activation functions, as a means for synthesising abstract three-dimensional dynamic forms. A SIREN is used to generate a field function for an implicit surface, with inputs for 3D position and time. A wide range of complex quasiperiodic forms can be created, with synthesis and rendering being achievable at interactive rates using modern graphics hardware.

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Andy Lomas

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Publication date: July 2022

Publication date (Print): July 2022

Pages: 08-12

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[0001]Goldsmiths, University of London

London SE14 6NW, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2022.2

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2022

Conference acronym: EVA 2022

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Conference location: London

Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

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[1] J. M. Chowning (1973). The synthesis of complex audio spectra by means of frequency modulation. Journal of the audio engineering society, 21(7), 526-534.

[2] J. C. Hart (1996). Sphere tracing: A geometric method for the antialiased ray tracing of implicit surfaces. The Visual Computer, 12(10), 527-545.

[3] A. Janson (2021). Implicit neural differentiable FM synthesizer. Available at: https://pythonawesome.com/implicit-neural-differentiable-fm-synthesizer/ (retrieved 7 January 2022)

[4] A. Lomas (2016). Species Explorer: An interface for artistic exploration of multi-dimensional parameter spaces. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp.95-102.

[5] A. Lomas (2022a). Siren Transitions. [online video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IbN_9t8ixk (retrieved 8 January 2022)

[6] A. Lomas (2022b). Siren Transitions (Anaglyph 3D). [online video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjnMWOvDG6o (retrieved 8 January 2022)

[7] W.E. Lorensen and H.E. Cline (1987). Marching cubes: A high resolution 3D surface construction algorithm. ACM SIGGRAPH computer graphics, 21(4), pp.163-169.

[8] S. Osher and R. Fedkiw (2003). Signed distance functions. In Level set methods and dynamic implicit surfaces (pp. 17-22). Springer, New York, NY.

[9] S.G. ParkerJ. BiglerA. DietrichH. FriedrichJ. HoberockD. LuebkeD. McAllisterM. McGuireK. MorleyA. Robison and M. Stich (2010). OptiX: a general purpose ray tracing engine. ACM transactions on graphics (tog), 29(4), pp.1-13.

[10] Phase Modulation (2022). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_modulation (retrieved 21 February 2022)

[11] V. SitzmannJ.N. MartelA.W. BergmanD.B. Lindell and G. Wetzstein (2020). Implicit neural representations with periodic activation functions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.09661.

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