Ink Voyage: An Immersive Embodied Experience of Landscape Paintings Based on Inertial Motion Capture

Chinese landscape painting seeks a poetic harmony between humanity and nature, an ideal encapsulated by the concept of “wandering within the painting.” However, its appreciation, whether in traditional museums or through digital reconstructions, often remains a passive, visually oriented experience. In response, Ink Voyage draws on this classical aesthetic to create an immersive and interactive system. Utilizing inertial motion capture, it allows participants to navigate a virtual boat through digitally reimagined ink landscapes. This project transforms passive viewing into embodied exploration, enabling a more natural and active encounter with the spatial poetics of Chinese landscape art.