Emotive Immersion: EEG-Driven AI Art in Immersive Visual Spaces

Abstract

This paper proposes a rethinking of the “Future Screen” through the integration of affective computing, generative AI, and immersive spatial display. As an advanced screen paradigm, the full dome environment transcends flat, passive interfaces and enables dynamic, multisensory, and emotionally adaptive media experiences (Von Chamier-Waite, 2013). Building on this potential, the research presents Coids, an interactive dome installation. In this work, real-time emotional states are captured using EEG-based emotion recognition. These inputs dynamically shape AI-generated visuals within a shared immersive setting.
Drawing on theories of immersion, presence, AI generated visuals and affect, the study explores how physiological data, even from low-resolution consumer-grade EEG devices, can meaningfully influence audiovisual space. Audience engagement with Coids suggests that affective responsiveness enhances both immersion and a sense of personal agency. These findings point to a model of screen-based media that is adaptive, generative, embodied, and socially situated.
The study contributes to a broader reconceptualization of the Future Screen. Rather than considering it a singular display technology, it can be understood as a relational system in which human emotion, machine perception and generative computation work together to shape the viewing experience.