Exploring Magritte from within: When VR and paintings meet


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 01 Apr 2015

VIRTUAL REALITY ART: A screenshot of "Re-creation of Ren

A video that allows viewers to step inside the paintings of Magritte has been generating buzz online, at a moment when intersections between art and virtual reality are increasingly abundant. 

The Belgian surrealist painter provides the perfect backdrops for artist Ali Eslami's project, which uses the videogame software Unreal Engine 4 to create a virtual reality tour of Magritte's paintings as they might be seen from the inside. 

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