Cybunk

Concept Description
In the nightclubs the significance and the quality of the Vjs are increasing every day, and it is becoming a respected job due the maturing of the professionals involved, more or less as happened with the Djs in the 80’s. But, at the same time, more and more the public misses the interaction or even the show feature that can be found in concerts and band exhibitions. This model of nightclubs with DJ-pickups, VJ-laptop/mixer and a big screen with images that caught all the visual attention looks like that there is no humans using their skills to do things in real-time.

And, looking from the other side, it is also frustrating to the VJ to be attached to a computer, in a constrained and introspective position, and at the same time try to generate a expansive, exciting and extroversive video output. Usually the desire is to go down from the stage and join the people at the dance floor and still keep control over the video, but from a different point of view. Or even try to get the energy from the dancing people sharing with them some simple control over the real-time inputs, just getting info from the dance movements.

The idea here is to create a tool for the Vjs control remotely, without wires, and with more natural gestures (than keyboard, mouse and sliders) the video mixing. The secondary feature is to allow people use this same tool in a kind of simpler “user mode” to play with the video in the big screen, without need of previous learning (they will learn “on the fly” by the visual feedbacks).

The Wrist Brace VJ has basically three elements in the communication process. There are the pin-buttons, the wrist brace and the base box that connects to the computer. The pin-buttons are RF-Id tags that are read-only and have a unique number that will be assigned a specific command. In the wrist brace, the ECM110-02 RF-Id reader will get this number and send to the PIC16F628 chip that will send this information to the RF transceiver. The PIC will be also managing and sending out the inputs from the accelerometer ADXL210E that is sensible to vertical and horizontal movements, the 2 axes defined by your stand up body and the arms opened. This data sent by the wrist brace transceiver arrives in another transceiver in the base box. At the box, this information will be processed by software in a PIC 16F876, interpreted and converted to Midi signals. Then the Midi signals go to the USB of the computer and are recognized by the software that the VJ uses. He can use the suggested assignment of the commands or can configure it according to personal style.

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The Setup

A Processing application picks up camera input and analyzes it for dark spots. The application then compares this information with information from the frame before to check for movement. The virtual grass bends based on the amount of movement. The render is then sent to the video processor (at 40 to 45 fps) where it is split into 4 images that are sent to the DLP projectors. The projectors beam their overlapping images onto the rear projection screen where visitors stand and create silhouettes for the camera to pick up.

• Laptop with virtual desktop of the server.
• Server running Processing application.
• Vista Systems Spyder video processor.
• Panasonic DLP XGA projector.
• 45′x12′ rear projection screen.
• Firewire IR camera with wide angle lens.
• 2 Kiosk computers running Flash projectors

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Superbe projections d’hologrammes pour le défflé de diesel :

Voici un petit test sur processing (vite fait), pour shématiser graphiquement la création de réseaux, cliquez sur l’image pour y acceder

int w = 800;
int h = w;
float x2=0;
float y2=0;
//
void setup() {
size(w,h);
background(255);
smooth();
}

void draw() {
stroke(0, 0, 0);
fill(0, 0, 0);
float test1=random(0,30);
float test=random(0,test1);
float largeur=random(1,test);
float x1=random(0,w);
float y1=random(0,w);
ellipse(x1,y1 , largeur, largeur);
strokeWeight(random(0,largeur/5));

line (x1,y1,x2,y2);
x2=x1;
y2=y1;
}

Are you ready to extend your art’s interactivity by measuring sensors, switching devices, detecting movement? With BlueSense you can do this from within your favourite application like Max MSP(tm), Pure Data (PD),Flash MX, Processing, C or VB.Net! BlueSense allows you to wirelessly connect a large number of sensors and actuators to your computer.

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The Reconfigurable House is an environment constructed from thousands of low tech components that can be “rewired” by visitors. The project is a critique of ubiquitous computing “smart homes”, which are based on the idea that technology should be invisible to prevent DIY.

The “hardware” stays the same, but visitors completely transform the “software”! In this openness, the Reconfigurable House also demonstrates authentic interaction: where the system not only reacts to visitors, but, at a higher level, also changes the way that its reaction is computed.

And if the House is left alone for too long, it gets bored, daydreams and reconfigures itself….
The house consists of walls and devices that respond to sound, light, touch, footsteps, phone calls, mp3 players and even distant remotely connected spaces. Through elements like the Cat Brick Wall, Mist Laser garden, Monkey Corridor and Radio Penguin Ceiling, constructed from hacked low tech toys and gadgets, the house can be inexpensively recreated by even those who are not experts in electronics. This means that not only is the software of the House open, but the hardware is too.
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Wiring is a physical computing platform with a sophisticated I/O board and a development environment utilizing a Processing style language for programming microcontrollers.

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Microsoft vient de sortir un sdk pour develloper des interface multipoint :
The Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Software Development Kit (SDK) helps developers create programs that enable the use of multiple mice on a single computer.
un concours sur le sujet :
http://imaginecup.com/

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language (based on Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with software on running on a computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).

The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the software can be downloaded for free.
Arduino received an Honory Mention in the Digital Communities section of the 2006 Ars Electronica Prix.
http://www.arduino.cc/