VR‌ Nostalgia project is the re-creation of a painting‌ in Virtual Reality.
We applied the proposed methods to the original painting work and created the 2.5-D representation of it where users can walk around
and appreciate the work in more experiential and immersive way.
‌It shows the original google street view image and the corresponding 2.5-D representations considering the depths of distant view, middle-range view,
and close-range view in the original image.

In this case, since the original painting was based on the‌‌ real-world buildings, trees, cars, etc.,
the decision on what to make as different layers and how to place those in the new space were relatively straightforward.
Since it is a 2.5-D representation, i.e., each element is a 2-D object with depth information,
you can see that the red car or telephone booth gets thinner in certain views revealing that it is not a 3-D, but a 2-D object.

In addition, we have made the cloud and the color of the sky animated to give the user more physical presence.
Also spatial sounds were installed such that the closer users get to the vehicle or the tree, the louder sound they hear that the engine or birds make.
Such interaction was designed by the original artist to tell the story that she wanted to deliver and to enable audience to have more conversation with her artwork.