With the financial support of the “Advanced Display Technology and Campus Application Demonstration Site Project” from MOE, the Department of Drama and Theatre, the College of Bioresources and Agriculture, and the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics have collaborated to establish the “Future Exhibition Hall,” which features immersive projection mapping technology. Completed in April 2022, this smart teaching space, equipped with new display technologies and application systems, has become a platform for artistic exhibitions and innovative teaching practices. It encourages interdisciplinary collaboration among teachers and students within the university, including a joint course on "Display Technology and Immersive Experience Design" between the Department of Drama and Theatre and the Department of Computer Science. Additionally, external collaborations with the Department of Sports Performing Arts at University of Taipei and the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts have led to joint performances, offering students extensive opportunities for cross-university and interdisciplinary learning.
The venue has become an experimental base for nurturing creative ideas among teachers and students at NTU. In late 2023, the course titled “Technology and Arts in Theatre: A Project-Based Course,” utilized the script of “Hamlet” and the technical theme of “Remote Collaboration.” It featured interactive performances held simultaneously at the Future Exhibition Hall and the FLTC's Theate, using real-time image transmission, robots and robotic arms, and other elements that were used to develop the work and expand the theatrical perspective. The Future Exhibition Hall transforms the traditional teaching venue and provides a new setting and way of imagining for interdisciplinary learning, attracting many off-campus teams to utilize its facilities.
Highlights of the live performance: I Have an Extraordinary Nerve (我有一條特別了不起的神經)"
The College of Bioresources and Agriculture integrates 3D modeling and animation into the design of the curriculum for the course “Water Resources,” allowing students to understand the intricate hydrological processes through lifelike simulations of rainfall, evaporation, ocean currents, infiltration, surface runoff, and subsurface flow. This immersive approach allows students to grasp the essential elements of hydrology and gain a spatiotemporal understanding of real hydrological phenomena.
The team from the College of Bioresources and Agriculture at our university went to the Jianqing Huaigu Trail in Datong Township, Yilan, to capture a 360-degree video of the trail. The image depicts children from the university’s affiliated kindergarten visiting the Future Exhibition Hall to experience the scenic beauty of the trail through immersion.
Da-Zai Chen and Ye Li, alumni from the Department of Drama and Theatre and current young artists-in-residence at the National Taichung Theater, experiment with VR and MR technologies for their creations at the Future Exhibition Hall.
