When most people hear the word “innovation,” they immediately think of “technology.” While technology is the most dynamic component of innovation, art is also on the cutting edge of creativity.
OPPO has organised the Renovators Emerging Artists Project for four years in a row to encourage emerging artists, promoting and supporting creative and experimental art and design projects under the topic “Art & Tech.”
Young artist Shi Ziyuan’s work A Summer Night took first place in the Future Renovators category in this year’s OPPO Renovators Emerging Artists Project. A Summer Night is a mechanical device that generates and displays numerous types of music, creating an imaginative world in the minds of listeners. Shi Ziyuan links a range of sounds in her artwork, generating virtual settings and events such as “insects chirping on a summer night, people sleeping soundly, houses on fire, people fleeing” based on scenes from a well-known Chinese classical prose, Kouji (Oral Stunts). Meanwhile, a page-turning device is put to the side to provide visual cues and help the viewer in recognising the link between the visual and audible contrasts.
Shi Ziyuan’s purpose in writing A Summer Night is to “break down stereotypes and inspire people to discover new possibilities in what is around them.” She also believes that the only way to see more options and innovations is to think outside the box or even go against the trend.
How can OPPO achieve innovations and breakthroughs? As a leading global technology brand, OPPO has some unique insights.
Is the size of an electronic screen required to be fixed? You can free yourself from the limits of imagination with the aid of new technology and materials. Innovating products like the OPPO X 2021 rollable phone, which unfolds like a scroll, and the OPPO Find N, a folding phone with a unique size and stunning appearance, was launched by OPPO after years of research. Do XR glasses have to match normal glasses in each and every way? The OPPO Air Glass is a true sight to behold, demonstrating that a smart device can be both useful and beautiful. It is feather-light and has a sleek design. Does the back of a phone just allow straight lines? Curves are more elegant and natural. OPPO has employed volcano-shaped designs to produce a more organic look with the Find X3 series.
The OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G is the first in this series of smartphones to feature a streamlined unibody design, which emphasises personality and trendiness. On the integrated, streamlined glass back cover, OPPO constructs a flawless 75-degree micro-arc transition around the camera using a unique high-temperature, high-pressure hot forging process, and nanometer-scale polishing steps. The phone’s seamless design makes it easy to hold and complements OPPO’s avant-garde and sophisticated design sense.
Over time, technology develops, improving design and the arts while also continuously renewing itself. Luo Langyi, whose area of study is digital media art, has never experienced anything like the sense of novelty that the “metaverse” has brought him. This is true both in terms of the form’s novelty and the increased opportunities that virtual worlds now offer for eschewing the constraints of reality. The sense of helplessness in the face of change is eliminated by human initiative and creativity enabled by technological innovation. You can either follow current technological trends mindlessly or embrace innovation.
“If we were no longer restricted by physical space, both creation and life would become more attractive.” said Luo Langi
Luo Langi believes that the “crisis” of spatial blockage inspired her to create the OPPO—AR Urban Community, which won the Renovators Creativity Award in the 2022 Renovators Emerging Artists Project. She created a world based on actual cities where users can select the one they now reside in or the one they would like to live in, and people who enter the same city become members of the same community. In this AR City Community, there are four avatar roles available: “protector,” which manages the community’s infrastructure; “builder,” which oversees city development and community governance; “researcher,” which confronts the existing order; and “explorers,” who are intensely curious about the unknown and the future. She wants to provide OPPO individuals from all over the world the opportunity to escape the routines of everyday life, recreates themselves in this urban setting, independently explore, and freely create through this AR artwork.
Similarly, the OPPO Reno8 series is equipped with cutting-edge technology to provide a better user experience in terms of design and functionality to suit the needs of the younger generation for exploration and self-expression. The Reno8 Pro 5G is designed to be a Portrait Expert in every respect, and it comes with OPPO’s first self-developed, specialised image NPU, MariSilicon X. The Reno8 Pro 5G, with the aid of MariSilicon X’s sophisticated image processing capabilities, provides a slew of innovative camera features, including 4K video shooting to let users shoot ultra-clear pictures in challenging lighting conditions.
In addition to improved functionality, the OPPO Reno8 series emphasises design innovation and personality. To give a touch of elegance to the back cover of the OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G, porcelain glazing techniques are used. The Glazed Green has a lovely green tone that adds a natural, organic feel that is visually relaxing.
The OPPO Reno8 5G Shimmer Gold colour uses the unique OPPO Glow technique to provide a refreshing feeling of rich textures and vivid colour variations while also protecting the phone from fingerprints and other unwanted marks. It features a gold base colour with a gradient to produce a dazzling hue at the same time.
The OPPO Reno series has been closely associated with the Renovators Emerging Artists Project from its inception. Aiming to enable young people to more effectively create, express themselves, and enjoy technology and life, whether it be through a product or an art contest, they carry the genes of the younger generation. Young artists and the OPPO Reno series share a desire for innovation since technology and art are complementary each other. OPPO is excited to work with up-and-coming artists to spread the beauty of technology and art to more people worldwide.