3Dhahmot

3Dhahmot is a term used in digital art and human-computer interaction to describe a framework for representing and exploring emotions in three-dimensional media. The concept emerged from cross-disciplinary collaborations among artists, designers, and researchers in the late 2010s. It is used both as a methodological approach and as a name for a set of tools and datasets that support emotion-aware 3D design.

At its core, 3Dhahmot seeks to map affective states to perceptible visual cues. Proponents use parameters such as lighting, color palette, geometry, texture, timing, and motion to convey feelings in virtual characters and environments. The approach emphasizes perceptual effects and audience interpretation rather than assigning fixed emotional states.

Technology and workflows commonly involve 3D modeling and rendering software, game engines, and open-source libraries. Many projects combine 3D assets with affective computing models that classify or generate expressions, postures, and scenes conditioned on target emotions. The framework supports both interactive installations and non-interactive visualization.

Applications include museums and galleries presenting emotion-driven 3D works, educational kits for visual communication courses, and research into how people perceive emotion in synthetic agents. 3Dhahmot projects often pair qualitative user studies with quantitative metrics for visual affect.

Reception in the field is mixed; supporters argue that 3Dhahmot provides a practical language for discussing affect in digital form, while critics caution about cultural bias, ambiguity of emotion definitions, and overgeneralization by machines.

Related topics include affective computing, 3D visualization, and computer graphics in art.