August 2010
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JMyron for Processsing →
When you download the library from the JMyron site, you will need to replace the jnilib file with one that has been compiled for intel macs. The above link is where you can get this!
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BBC livesites
The aim of this project is to create an interactive piece that can be played (on a large outdoor screen) simultaneously an immersive event that will placed in plymouth main city centre. The brief I have been given is to create a motion tracking modern art. A piece where colours would be drawn on movement being generated. In addition to this I am welcome to make any other interactive pieces to...
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WatchActionscript 3 motion tracking video - a very cool effect for one of the projects I am considering in applying in one of my projects for the BBC Livesites
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Testing, testing HTML5! →
With all this talk about Adobe Flash vs HTML5 and so forth, I came across this website, which checks your browser suitability. It’s cool, as it tells you what exactly your browser can and cannot do.
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July 2010
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How not to read a newspaper...
My partner has the iPad, so I’ve been making the most of it. My rule of buying apple things is, wait till the second (if I’m impatient) or the third revision when I buy it… As much I adore my mac, my apple loyalty is slowly being diminished by the presence and focus of iPads and iPhones, I always feel the first two revisions tend to be not quite right. Take the current iPhone,...
June 2010
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“Chrome officially overtakes Safari:...”
– ISO50
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HTC to jumpstarting a blackberry...
Before I continue, I realise I may come across as OCD but I can assure you I’m not, but if I am it’s because of this phone.
I upgraded my old blackberry to a HTC desire a couple of weeks ago, but after a week, I decided it wasn’t for me at all. HTC Desire, visually is a lovely piece of kit, but there were several things I found quite annoying. The touchscreen is very...
May 2010
20 posts
WatchPromo Video to my final year project
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WatchTesting of projections onto a balloon for my final year project. What you see is a wind speed (from Arch-OS) visualisation projected onto the balloons.
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realtime hand gestures →
Saw this video, where they use $1 lycra gloves to detect realtime hand gestures movements. Very good use for augmented reality methinks.
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Watchit’s official, i want to learn openFrameworks properly, grrr!!!
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augmented reality substitute →
As I have been working on an idea involving augmented reality, implementing the ARToolkit has proved to be very difficult. Then it got me thinking, do I really need an ARToolkit. What I want to be able to achieve is something that will allow me to move a visualisation as I move… so why not use a wii or some sorts to implement the motion sensor. This link allows people to paint using the...
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WatchCool holograms feat. Beardyman!
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Augmented Reality: An artist's medium? →
Again another interesting article about the use of augmented reality as a medium for artists. Augmented reality is something I am looking to implement in my FYP.
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Urban screens, an artistic medium. →
Saw this interesting article that talks about how urban screens can be saved as an artistic medium. It discusses not about what could be, but more about what is being done with urban screens currently.
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full steam ahead
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged about my final year project. I have been focussing on a lot of other modules, but to bring you up to speed. In my use of quartz composer over the past six months, I have been developing visualisations using quartz composer. In particular I’ve been developing with the use of feeds of Arch-OS. I wanted to use to this in particular for my final...
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Fluidic →
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4D finally...
So I was left a bit bewildered when it came to my initial inspiration - and tried to find something, but was coming up with something a little too literal. As a result, I decided to go back to basics and look at my original inspiration, The ECG. Medical Imaging takes the form of two dimensional imaging, traditionally. Nowadays we have have XRays, CT Scans and Ultrasounds. However, these are 2D...
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reinvention...
So I went back to the drawing board and looked back at my initial concept. My initial inspiration comes from an ECG, how different leads tells you the function of what is going on in the heart in different chambers. This degree of simultaneity i.e. the ability to tell different stories of the heart at the same time. So focussing on this - I’ve been looking at how I could integrate this in my...
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DubFX:
Nice one, some great flows in there, now.... Let's try switch is it up. I'm a give you 6 words and you have to make a rhyme of any length but it must contain all the words in any order or variation. // CAde : : TRUTH, ICECREAM, GALAXY, TREE, AIR BALLOON, EXPAND
Aqeel:
Hear my cry as I scream,
Don't feed me no ICE CREAM,
Out aloud the TRUTH must be,
Don't find it lost in a TREE,
Let's EXPAND this message,
coz i got no baggage,
Tell you in an AIR BALLOON,
Even if we're going to the moon,
Don't take me in no taxi,
coz my next stop is the GALAXY.
don't hear if you don't try
i say again hear my cry
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WatchCool, light painting feature - “I can’t draw”. I love it!
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looking at openCV for 4D →
I started looking at how i could simultaneity, and mug shots kept springing to mind and I wanted to be able to work out ways in I could show information of that point in time related to mug shots. I saw this on my research… seems like an interesting point to look at. I’ve been toying with the idea of OpenCV and maybe incorporating this in my design. I have the video delay, which looks...
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April 2010
15 posts
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Dissertation →
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Computers don't do irony... →
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Sound Print Report for iDAT306 →
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WatchSunset of a wall in Pin Lane, which I later scrapped as I felt it didn’t really reflect or let the viewer know that this was Pin Lane.
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WatchTimelapse of sunrise in Pin Lane that was used subsequently in my final piece for iDAT306
Original Sound Track to Pin Lane.
Quicktime in Snow leopard
Has anyone else noticed that quicktime in snow leopard doesn’t let you open an image sequence anymore… Grr, was not happy about that at all!!! As I tried to figure it out, no joy, which leads me to believe they no longer support it, unless its tucked away like the rest of their interface is…
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Creating stuff on LSD trips... the beeb did it! →
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Ocean - Live by John Butler Trio
Fantastic tune.
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Mancini - Up Country
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March 2010
26 posts
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Polaroid Film Back On Sale This Week →
Polaroids rules!!!!
instantfilm:
With an assist from Lady Gaga, The Impossible Project pushed new black-and-white film back on the market this week, promising that color film is coming soon. However, apparently some of the endearing aberrations of the film have been (accidentally?) fixed.
“The colors feel quite different,” Cookman says. “They are not crisp and clear and [it] has a certain...
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ps3 clusters = supercomputer →
if you’re bored and happen to have any spare ps3’s lying around, you might wanna build a supercomputer ;)
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back to nature →
Since this blog is mainly about all things digital related, but it’s not what I’m always interested in… I love nature and appreciate it and I’d like to share that :)
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