I uploaded something to www.zipstick.be. Actually I downloaded something onto it and uploaded something from it because it’s a host for files with an interface that becomes active as you put your stick in the topmounted usb port. So head over to wherever zipstick is located, grab your USBstick from you keychain (you should have one on your keychain if you haven’t lost your keys since 2006) and grab some nice releases while you are there. Besides the kaotec.zip (obvious choice if you’re into computed glitch stuff) I’d recommend “SURF KILL.zip” for easy listening and “Kapotski+othinspake.zip” for the excellent DD#12_B track filed under groovy broken guitar tunes I guess. More kapotski here.
on the kaotec side: the software used for the CA-tracks is homemade and on the release. pure data and probably unstable… go grab it and enjoy
This is a big one. It’s a packet analyzing network sniffer that outputs crazy rhythms, mapped to crazy sounds. We (me and @0xtosh) set it up at HAR2009 were people could log in to a linux VM, run some scripts, ours or their own, to scan the network and netglitch broadcasted a shoutcast stream to which you could tune into to listen to your own packets.
Various techniques and software exists to bring more interaction and integration with reality. As this is a fairly new domain most of the projects are still in research phase. Some are already easy to implement, like motion tracking based on colorful objects or camera motion based on movements (accelerometers and other sensors). Blender is a good experimentation environment because it’s open and you can interface it with virtually everything using python.
some things already look stable and usable, like levelhead. This application is more then a proof of concept. It proves interesting new concepts are possible using these techniques. The tools are getting easier to use and the CPUs and GPUs are finally up to realtime processing and rendering.
current usable tools include:
osgart: a library that simplifies the development of Augmented Reality or Mixed Reality applications by combining the well-known ARToolKit tracking library with OpenSceneGraph.
ARToolKit: a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. Open source, with professional support from artoolworks inc. if needed.
Studierstube Tracker: a computer vision library for detection and pose estimation of 2D fiducial markers. It looks great, but it’s not open source.
If you know of good tools in the AR-area, please leave a note. Once the workflow is on track the developing of applications will be easier. Combining gestural data with 3d modeling tools so real time animation of 3D-models using the body of an actor as input is one that comes to mind. Another one could be to overlay your newspaper with interactive data, like graphs or models of the new product being reviewed. Already mobile phone apps exist that let you view additionalinformation about Landmark X when you point them at Landmark X. But also advertising comes to mind. Or using it as a try before you buy tool. Imagine you could put that new sofa on the spot where you always wanted it, without having to move it, assemble it and then notice the colors don’t match… just don’t try to sit on it.
Axiome is a mlr (monome style) pd patch. I’m still looking for a good beatslicer to built my own custom controller. This one is a candidate for sure. Provided I still don’t own a monome, I will have to hack it up so it becomes compatible with my yet-to-be-designed-budget-friendly-midi-and-osc-controller. Lucky it’s GPL’ed
