VIDEOPLACE is an interactive work developed by Myron Krueger from 1974 onward. It is described as an “artificial reality” created by capturing a participant’s body image with a camera and combining it in real time with computer graphics. A key feature of the work is that it does not require a head-mounted display or gloves; instead, participants interact through full-body movement, which can affect virtual objects and other people within the system.
The work uses cameras, projection, and dedicated computer processing to connect live video with a CG environment. In the context provided, VIDEOPLACE is positioned as an important turning point in media art: it shifts the viewer from simply looking at a screen to becoming a user who physically operates a computational environment. It is also linked to Krueger’s earlier and related works, including GLOWFLOW, METAPLAY, and PSYCHIC SPACE. Later works such as Jeffrey Shaw’s The Legible City and Rebecca Allen’s The Bush Soul are presented as part of the same lineage.
The supplied context does not provide enough detail about specific exhibition versions or the full historical development of the work beyond these core features.