Meeting of Style Hualien｜Complete Virtual Tour Record of Hualien Street Art
Project Overview: Meeting of Style International Graffiti Festival Virtual Tour
Since 2022 the international street art festival originating from Germany Meeting of Styles (MOS) landed in Taiwan. This event transformed the alleys and buildings of Hualien City in eastern Taiwan into over 50 large-scale graffiti canvases. To overcome street art's inherent limitations of "difficult long-term preservation" and "geographic restrictions," our studio employed 720 degree panoramic photography and spatial digitization technology, creating a time-zone-free online immersive exhibition for this gathering of global artists and hip-hop culture. The Hualien City Government also hopes that these vibrant digitized neighborhood records will help revitalize local tourism and community recovery in the aftermath of natural disasters.
Artist Profiles
Tour Core Highlights
Seamless Social Integration
Artists Instagram accounts and artwork info click to interact directly.
Precise Map Navigation
Integrated Google Maps location links to guide visitors to the actual sites.
Immersive Hotspot
Breaking time and space barriers making art exhibitions an ongoing open experience.
Behind the Scenes: 360 Spatial Capture Challenges on Hualien Streets
Racing Against Time Light and Shadow
The greatest challenge of street panoramic photography lies in uncontrollable variables. To faithfully reproduce paint colors, we had to shoot on clear days; but leaving too early meant rush-hour traffic, while too late meant shop owners pulling down metal shutters that would block the artwork. Facing extreme outdoor dynamic range, we insisted on using bracketed exposures. This meant every second on the street was a race against time, vehicles, and pedestrian interference — all for the most perfect stitching quality.View Radar: Building a Cloud-Based Neighborhood You Will Not Get Lost In
To connect 50 murals into a seamless tour, the selection of vantage points was crucial. Our principle was simple: "Walk the route yourself and ensure viewing comfort." To prevent online viewers from getting lost in the maze of alleys, we deeply integrated a map and "Field of View Radar" system into the tour. Viewers can always know exactly where they are and which direction they're facing, enjoying a smooth and intuitive immersive experience.Preserving Fleeting Moments Without UV Protection
During our route scouting, we met Korean artist Jone Bae Lee, whose lifelike portraits captivated us, along with another creator's graffiti depicting a game-like mage figure brimming with dramatic light and shadow. However, due to the organizer's lack of funding to apply UV-protective coating to the works, how long these street artworks will survive remains uncertain. This sense of urgency reinforced our conviction in the value of virtual tours — we are not merely taking photographs, but permanently preserving the city's most striking artistic moments for posterity.