“Kinect has always been able to tell that you’re moving. But now it can tell if you’re moving your thumb, and which way your thumb is facing.”
for(){}; - projection mapped video game on canvas
Playable art by Brent Watanabe features acrylic hand-painted canvases mounted on wall, with sprites projected on surface - video embedded below:
In for( ){ };, there is no beginning or end to the game, just collecting and wandering, birthing and consuming, an arbitrary point system rising until your inevitable death and the birth of another generation. It is a game mechanism without the game. An addictive but essentially aimless experience.
The piece is a triptych of playable acrylic paintings, controlled by the viewer using a NES controller.
Cardboard Plotter
Handmade manual drawing machine by Niklas Roy made with simple materials - video embedded below:
This plotter is made entirely out of cardboard, welding rod, rubber bands, adhesive tape and super glue. The digital memory is a little book with plenty of different drawing codes, which are written down as coordinates. In this video I’m entering the first code, which makes the plotter draw “hello world”.
You can find out more about the project at Niklas’ blog here
(via roomthily)
Source: niklasroy.com
Re: Sound Bottle
An electronic sound sampler in a bottle which constructs music from the sounds you give it, by Jun Fujiwara - video embedded below:
Re: Sound Bottle from Jun Fujiwara on Vimeo.
This is a music medium that can reproduce a recorded voice as music. It makes a database of sound sources that is managed and used as formal and automatic repetitions, and forms a music medium of the day. I felt something missing in the habitual use of music reproduction media, so I thought to create an interactive music medium that changes. By using everyday voices as sources of music, the sounds that are heard all the time every day carry infinite possibilities and help us reaffirm the enjoyment of music. I hope people can experience their own music.
Immersive Cocoon NAU
The Immersive Cocoon begins with a simple premise: the digitally created worlds that we visit every day through two-dimensional screens is quickly expanding and deepening into 3D navigable space. This 4m sphere provides the gateway to these worlds with a 360° interior dome-display and the sophisticated motion-sensing software that inspired Minority Report. Suddenly ‘virtual’ space surrounds the user in built form; navigation is accomplished using simple hand gestures and intuitive body movements.
(via thenextweb)
DoorBot is a Wi-Fi enabled doorbell that lets you see who’s ringing your doorbell with your smart phone.
“Seeking at least a quarter of a million dollars in project funding on Christie Street, a company called Edison Junior has developed a wireless doorbell called DoorBot that transmits an audio and video feed over Wi-Fi when someone rings the doorbell. The homeowner will be able to see who’s standing at the front door and communicate over audio to find out what they want. However, there’s no video display on the DoorBot. The person standing at the front door can’t see where the homeowner is located.”
Via DigitalTrends
Glow Threads
Interactive UV light responsive t-shirts which are commercially available:
Glow Thread shirts are the first interactive glow in the dark t-shirts. You are able to to draw and create custom designs using our UV keychain light and UV Laser. Our UV keychain light is included with every purchase which allows you to draw on our shirts by touching the UV light to the shirt and write whatever you want. Using the UV laser you can draw on the shirt from up to 40ft away. Unlike other Glow Thread “imitators” where you are limited to a silk screened rectangle to draw on, our Glow Thread shirts are fully customizable and you are able to draw on every piece of the t-shirt. This means there is NO silk screened area and you are able to draw on the front, back, sides and even the sleeves.
You can find out more and order one from Glow Threads here
via Digital Buzz Blog:
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Hands up if you’ve got a 3D printer? We do too, but most of the ones you can get your hands on are pretty low-res and print liquid plastic. So what happens when you create a pop-up store with a high-end powder based 3D printer? Well, you create the world’s first 3D printing photo booth…
Made by the guys at PARTY, this pop-up store allows people to be mapped in high-definition 3D before being printed between 10cm and 20cm tall in full colour, to proive a semi-realistic 3D printed version of yourself to take home… All for about $250 bucks! Not bad huh?”
Real life transformers! Check out this remote controlled car turn into a walking and shooting robot.
