This is where you can find, further developments to my final project, and a PDF download, of my Documentation, and Self Evaluation.
http://3dhybridsih.wordpress.com/
Monday 28 May 2007
Monday 16 April 2007
Etude 4
Basic details
I want to make a simple analog abject that triggers some kind of sound, as it makes its journey. My vision was to have an pre made analogue object, for example a small children's toy of a creature riding a bike, or an old wind up equivilant. I would then send this creature along a track, or on his way and it would play a sound, or hit something that would then trigger something else, that would then play a sound.
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
Analog trigger.
I would like to create something fun, and interesting that uses something thats not powered at all, to trigger something powered. The powered object will be very simple as well, with maybe a bank of midi signals, or a single sound, that will be connected to a small speaker.
Conceptualisation of the work.
I would have to do some serious soldering, and building of rigs to create this project, and I think that'll be really good fun. First of all I would need to get hold of all the relevant equipment, and then draw a plan of exactly what I wanted to do. At the moment all of this information is in my head, and is yet to be put down in writing. This is still a meer concept.
Describe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I would like to experiment with the relationship between the analog and digital, in this case the digital being anything that needs power, e.g. an amplifier, a speaker, and maybe a small motor. I have several ideas along this analog line that I would like to explore. I think I will try and make the analog part of it as simple as possible, this will then trigger something that is fairly complicated, and involves wires, and power etc. I like the idea of the analog object going back and forth, triggering a different sound at each end. It would be nice if the object did not have to be wound up or started, so that the installation would be continuous. Also I would like to amplify the sound of the object, as it goes from one trigger to another, a small condenser microphone would do this job perfectly, if the tracks that the object run along were touching it.
Documentation of technical and artistic process
Having looked into Jim Bond following the lecture before easter, I really liked the idea of the analog aspect. It can be made from anything, and can produce wonderful, fun, interactive results. I have taken a few pictures from his Kinetic works at (http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm), which inspired me to do this study.
Technical analysis
http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm
http://www.invisible-forces.com/
Ray Lee has been another one of my main points of research for this kinetic, analog study, with his use of sound, and light, to create strange spaces, and weird sounds.
Sabrina Raaf has been another source of information for this etude, with her slightly more advanced robotics, and very interesting projects, she has managed to create some really incredible bits of work, which has helped me see that the digital aspect of a simple piece can make all the difference.
References
http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm
http://www.invisible-forces.com/
http://www.nadace-cfu.cz/english/sablona.php?obsah_stranky=vystavni_sin_manes/archiv_vystav&oblast=vystavni_sin_manes&odeslat=1&id_zpravy=68
http://www.raaf.org/projects.php?pcat=1&proj=14
http://www.aec.at/en/festival2005/programm/list_exhibitions.asp?iParentID=13065
How successful is the etude?
I think that this is the best of the four, and will make my final project come to life. It also gives me the opportunity to build a machines that has aspects of all of me etudes. E.g. there could easily be UV lights involved in the tracking of my analog object, which could also trigger a projection of some kind etc. So it has settled me into a few nice ideas, that the following weeks will reveal.
I want to make a simple analog abject that triggers some kind of sound, as it makes its journey. My vision was to have an pre made analogue object, for example a small children's toy of a creature riding a bike, or an old wind up equivilant. I would then send this creature along a track, or on his way and it would play a sound, or hit something that would then trigger something else, that would then play a sound.
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
Analog trigger.
I would like to create something fun, and interesting that uses something thats not powered at all, to trigger something powered. The powered object will be very simple as well, with maybe a bank of midi signals, or a single sound, that will be connected to a small speaker.
Conceptualisation of the work.
I would have to do some serious soldering, and building of rigs to create this project, and I think that'll be really good fun. First of all I would need to get hold of all the relevant equipment, and then draw a plan of exactly what I wanted to do. At the moment all of this information is in my head, and is yet to be put down in writing. This is still a meer concept.
Describe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I would like to experiment with the relationship between the analog and digital, in this case the digital being anything that needs power, e.g. an amplifier, a speaker, and maybe a small motor. I have several ideas along this analog line that I would like to explore. I think I will try and make the analog part of it as simple as possible, this will then trigger something that is fairly complicated, and involves wires, and power etc. I like the idea of the analog object going back and forth, triggering a different sound at each end. It would be nice if the object did not have to be wound up or started, so that the installation would be continuous. Also I would like to amplify the sound of the object, as it goes from one trigger to another, a small condenser microphone would do this job perfectly, if the tracks that the object run along were touching it.
Documentation of technical and artistic process
Having looked into Jim Bond following the lecture before easter, I really liked the idea of the analog aspect. It can be made from anything, and can produce wonderful, fun, interactive results. I have taken a few pictures from his Kinetic works at (http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm), which inspired me to do this study.
Technical analysis
http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm
http://www.invisible-forces.com/
Ray Lee has been another one of my main points of research for this kinetic, analog study, with his use of sound, and light, to create strange spaces, and weird sounds.
Sabrina Raaf has been another source of information for this etude, with her slightly more advanced robotics, and very interesting projects, she has managed to create some really incredible bits of work, which has helped me see that the digital aspect of a simple piece can make all the difference.
References
http://www.jimbond.co.uk/kinetic3.htm
http://www.invisible-forces.com/
http://www.nadace-cfu.cz/english/sablona.php?obsah_stranky=vystavni_sin_manes/archiv_vystav&oblast=vystavni_sin_manes&odeslat=1&id_zpravy=68
http://www.raaf.org/projects.php?pcat=1&proj=14
http://www.aec.at/en/festival2005/programm/list_exhibitions.asp?iParentID=13065
How successful is the etude?
I think that this is the best of the four, and will make my final project come to life. It also gives me the opportunity to build a machines that has aspects of all of me etudes. E.g. there could easily be UV lights involved in the tracking of my analog object, which could also trigger a projection of some kind etc. So it has settled me into a few nice ideas, that the following weeks will reveal.
Sunday 25 March 2007
Etude 3
Basic Details:
This is the best and most interesting work that I have seen in a very long time, and I really want to try and replicate it, and then try to add to it, and attempt to make something a little more interesting. "In its simplest form the Laser Tag system is a camera and laptop setup, tracking a green laser point across
the face of a building and generating graphics based on the laser's position which then get projected back
onto the building with a high power projector." (http://muonics.net/blog/index.php?postid=15)
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
LASER
My original intentions were to recreate the project from the creators at the Graffiti Research Lab (http://graffitiresearchlab.com/) and then change it to create a different project. This would obviously be on a much smaller scale, as the equipment that they used cost around £5000.
Conceptualisation of the work.
This is a really nice way to tag on any surface, or just draw random pictures with a laser pen. I wanted to try and use eye tracking hardware in place of the laser. I'm not sure if this is possible as the open source software that is provided on there site is only designed to track a laser beam, and no other source of light or hardware, although I am hoping that the program can be recoded to track anything as long as it is bright enough.
Describe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I want to recreate this laser tagging system, but instead of using a laser beam that the computer then tracks and draws, I have been looking into eye tracking software and hardware. I have found a DIY version which is relatively cheap, and looks fairly easy to create. I would then have to change the program from the graffiti research lab so that it could track the movement of the eye. If I can create this piece of work, I think that it will be a truly interactive installation for all to enjoy. This should give the spectator a free reign to create the art work themselves, with this simple but effective platform.
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process.
As of yet I have not been able to get the open source application that claims to be able to track a laser working, so I have not been able to document any findings. I am working on finding another mirror of the app, and gathering the relative equipment. I am going to look into building an eye tracking device from this link (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/open_source_lowcost_realtime_e.html) which has the step by step, and costs etc. The plans are quite detailed, and with a steady soldering hand and some patients I think it may just work.
Pictures from:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396087351/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396087015/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396086969/
References
http://muonics.net/blog/index.php?postid=15
http://research.eyebeam.org/projects
http://research.eyebeam.org/projects
http://www.instructables.com/id/EIDH3WPPZSEPD7QVIA?ALLSTEPS
http://www.txtualhealing.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/EIDH3WPPZSEPD7QVIA?ALLSTEPS
http://www.tobii.com/
http://www.bunnyfoot.com/services/eyetrackingsales.html
http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/cm-hci/EyeMusic/
http://www.perspectum.com/eyeresponse/index.htm
http://eyebeam.org/
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/open_source_lowcost_realtime_e.html
http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyes.cgi
http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyeswiki/index.cgi?MobileEyeTrackerConstruction
http://simplifierlab.com/mt/archives/2006/07/roll_your_own_eye_tracking_tes.php
http://www.perspectum.com/eyeresponse/index.htm
How successful is this etude.
I think that this will be my final project, as it has interested me the most out of all of my research and etudes. I will be updating this post with any technical advances that I may have over easter, and the following weeks, because as of yet I have not got any of the equipment needed, and it is proving very hard to track down.
This is the best and most interesting work that I have seen in a very long time, and I really want to try and replicate it, and then try to add to it, and attempt to make something a little more interesting. "In its simplest form the Laser Tag system is a camera and laptop setup, tracking a green laser point across
the face of a building and generating graphics based on the laser's position which then get projected back
onto the building with a high power projector." (http://muonics.net/blog/index.php?postid=15)
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
LASER
My original intentions were to recreate the project from the creators at the Graffiti Research Lab (http://graffitiresearchlab.com/) and then change it to create a different project. This would obviously be on a much smaller scale, as the equipment that they used cost around £5000.
Conceptualisation of the work.
This is a really nice way to tag on any surface, or just draw random pictures with a laser pen. I wanted to try and use eye tracking hardware in place of the laser. I'm not sure if this is possible as the open source software that is provided on there site is only designed to track a laser beam, and no other source of light or hardware, although I am hoping that the program can be recoded to track anything as long as it is bright enough.
Describe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I want to recreate this laser tagging system, but instead of using a laser beam that the computer then tracks and draws, I have been looking into eye tracking software and hardware. I have found a DIY version which is relatively cheap, and looks fairly easy to create. I would then have to change the program from the graffiti research lab so that it could track the movement of the eye. If I can create this piece of work, I think that it will be a truly interactive installation for all to enjoy. This should give the spectator a free reign to create the art work themselves, with this simple but effective platform.
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process.
As of yet I have not been able to get the open source application that claims to be able to track a laser working, so I have not been able to document any findings. I am working on finding another mirror of the app, and gathering the relative equipment. I am going to look into building an eye tracking device from this link (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/open_source_lowcost_realtime_e.html) which has the step by step, and costs etc. The plans are quite detailed, and with a steady soldering hand and some patients I think it may just work.
Pictures from:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396087351/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396087015/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urban_data/396086969/
References
http://muonics.net/blog/index.php?postid=15
http://research.eyebeam.org/projects
http://research.eyebeam.org/projects
http://www.instructables.com/id/EIDH3WPPZSEPD7QVIA?ALLSTEPS
http://www.txtualhealing.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/EIDH3WPPZSEPD7QVIA?ALLSTEPS
http://www.tobii.com/
http://www.bunnyfoot.com/services/eyetrackingsales.html
http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/cm-hci/EyeMusic/
http://www.perspectum.com/eyeresponse/index.htm
http://eyebeam.org/
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/open_source_lowcost_realtime_e.html
http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyes.cgi
http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyeswiki/index.cgi?MobileEyeTrackerConstruction
http://simplifierlab.com/mt/archives/2006/07/roll_your_own_eye_tracking_tes.php
http://www.perspectum.com/eyeresponse/index.htm
How successful is this etude.
I think that this will be my final project, as it has interested me the most out of all of my research and etudes. I will be updating this post with any technical advances that I may have over easter, and the following weeks, because as of yet I have not got any of the equipment needed, and it is proving very hard to track down.
Etude 2
Basic Details :
Nabaztag WIFI rabbit
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
WIFI rabbit
I wanted to have my WIFI rabbit being controlled, by some external object of some kind. E.g. A joystick that was connected to the rabbits WIFI server, and the rabbit itself, that would control the rabbits ear movements.
Conceptualisation of the work.
I need to try and take this rabbit apart, and see if I can work with any of its insides, of ports. Also I will take a look at its API, which I think at this moment doesn't so much. If I can get inside this rabbit I would try and bypass its packets and signal, to reroute it through some external control.
Decribe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I have found several site where people have tryed to reverse engineer the rabbit to see how it works. I have found out that it uses a simple BENQ WIFI card, that should be programmable to some extent. If this is the case then I will try and stop it sending all its signals through its still very closed source server, and attempt to rewrite the API, so that I can control this beast via something else than its really badly designed website, that you must log into, and where the functions are very limited. I would also try and take advantage of it voice recognition features, that are also quite limited, as you can only ask for four words at this point, but my thoughts were that you may be able to change the reaction of the rabbit when a voice is heard.
http://www.ed-vero.com/nabaztag.html
This is a link that I found that details the information that the wifi rabbit sends and and its codes etc, this got me no further into discovering what I might be able to use this rabbit for, firstly because a lot of it is in french, and secondly because it only lists the code to get the rabbit to move his ears, and change the colour of its lights. This seems to be what most of the Nabaztag sites and blogs say, that the API is very limited and, it is not yet possible to do much with it, as it is still a fairly new product and the source is still closed.
http://www.nata2.org/2006/02/27/investigating-the-nabaztag/
This guy has managed to take apart the Nabaztag and has revealed its guts, and has tryed to discover its secrets. It uses a standard Benq wifi card, and has no obvious inputs that could be manipulated. This is why I have left the Nabaztag for dead, and leave him to tell me the weather, and read me the news in my bedroom. I don't think that it can help me to create an interactive hybrid of any kind, although I am sure that the source will eventually be opened up, either by some hacker or the company themselves. For now I will close my etude on this subject.
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process.
Technical Analysis.
I have not made any technical developments with this rabbit, as at this moment in time when the rabbit is still so young, there is no real reverse engineered instructions, or examples of how this tiny rabbit made be used to do something other than its factory programmed actions.
References.
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1327&src_t=cat&src_id=gadgets&aff=1272
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabaztag
http://blog.nabaztag.com/nabcasts/index.html
http://help.nabaztag.com/fiche.php?langue=3&fiche=29
http://napicc.blogspot.com/
http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/PCGaming/Wireless/Nabaztag.htm
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://pokie.dyndns.org/view.php%3Falbum%3Dnabaztag%26name%3DDSC_3623.JPG%26show%3D1&imgrefurl=http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/index.php%3Fs%3Dnabaztag&h=752&w=500&sz=106&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=8wwOYtlQcDVXCM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnabaztag%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
http://freshmeat.net/projects/nabaztagccplugin/
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1810
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;229702723
http://www.toiprotocol.com/mainstream.php
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/nabaztag_widget_control_the_wi.html
http://www.nata2.org/2006/02/27/investigating-the-nabaztag/
http://pokie.dyndns.org/photos.php?album=nabaztag&page=1
http://www.nabwidget.com/
http://search.cpan.org/~jeteve/Nabaztag-0.03/
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/opinion/story/0,,1776901,00.html
http://www.ed-vero.com/nabaztag.html
http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/01/nabaztag.html
http://blog.nabaztag.com/programmers/index.html
http://nabazlab.sourceforge.net/index_en.html
http://nabazlab.sourceforge.net/dev_en.html
How successful is the etude.
This has turned out to be completely useless, and a total waste of money. I have abandoned the rabbit idea, that I originally thought would be able to make a really nice project. Until the source is a little more open I don't think even the hardcore hackers/engineers will be able to make anything good from this overpriced rabbit.
Nabaztag WIFI rabbit
Ian Hunter
Digital Arts and Music Technology
WIFI rabbit
I wanted to have my WIFI rabbit being controlled, by some external object of some kind. E.g. A joystick that was connected to the rabbits WIFI server, and the rabbit itself, that would control the rabbits ear movements.
Conceptualisation of the work.
I need to try and take this rabbit apart, and see if I can work with any of its insides, of ports. Also I will take a look at its API, which I think at this moment doesn't so much. If I can get inside this rabbit I would try and bypass its packets and signal, to reroute it through some external control.
Decribe and depict what the actual concept of the etude is.
I have found several site where people have tryed to reverse engineer the rabbit to see how it works. I have found out that it uses a simple BENQ WIFI card, that should be programmable to some extent. If this is the case then I will try and stop it sending all its signals through its still very closed source server, and attempt to rewrite the API, so that I can control this beast via something else than its really badly designed website, that you must log into, and where the functions are very limited. I would also try and take advantage of it voice recognition features, that are also quite limited, as you can only ask for four words at this point, but my thoughts were that you may be able to change the reaction of the rabbit when a voice is heard.
http://www.ed-vero.com/nabaztag.html
This is a link that I found that details the information that the wifi rabbit sends and and its codes etc, this got me no further into discovering what I might be able to use this rabbit for, firstly because a lot of it is in french, and secondly because it only lists the code to get the rabbit to move his ears, and change the colour of its lights. This seems to be what most of the Nabaztag sites and blogs say, that the API is very limited and, it is not yet possible to do much with it, as it is still a fairly new product and the source is still closed.
http://www.nata2.org/2006/02/27/investigating-the-nabaztag/
This guy has managed to take apart the Nabaztag and has revealed its guts, and has tryed to discover its secrets. It uses a standard Benq wifi card, and has no obvious inputs that could be manipulated. This is why I have left the Nabaztag for dead, and leave him to tell me the weather, and read me the news in my bedroom. I don't think that it can help me to create an interactive hybrid of any kind, although I am sure that the source will eventually be opened up, either by some hacker or the company themselves. For now I will close my etude on this subject.
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process.
Technical Analysis.
I have not made any technical developments with this rabbit, as at this moment in time when the rabbit is still so young, there is no real reverse engineered instructions, or examples of how this tiny rabbit made be used to do something other than its factory programmed actions.
References.
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1327&src_t=cat&src_id=gadgets&aff=1272
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabaztag
http://blog.nabaztag.com/nabcasts/index.html
http://help.nabaztag.com/fiche.php?langue=3&fiche=29
http://napicc.blogspot.com/
http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/PCGaming/Wireless/Nabaztag.htm
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://pokie.dyndns.org/view.php%3Falbum%3Dnabaztag%26name%3DDSC_3623.JPG%26show%3D1&imgrefurl=http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/index.php%3Fs%3Dnabaztag&h=752&w=500&sz=106&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=8wwOYtlQcDVXCM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnabaztag%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
http://freshmeat.net/projects/nabaztagccplugin/
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1810
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;229702723
http://www.toiprotocol.com/mainstream.php
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/nabaztag_widget_control_the_wi.html
http://www.nata2.org/2006/02/27/investigating-the-nabaztag/
http://pokie.dyndns.org/photos.php?album=nabaztag&page=1
http://www.nabwidget.com/
http://search.cpan.org/~jeteve/Nabaztag-0.03/
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/opinion/story/0,,1776901,00.html
http://www.ed-vero.com/nabaztag.html
http://philwilson.org/blog/2007/01/nabaztag.html
http://blog.nabaztag.com/programmers/index.html
http://nabazlab.sourceforge.net/index_en.html
http://nabazlab.sourceforge.net/dev_en.html
How successful is the etude.
This has turned out to be completely useless, and a total waste of money. I have abandoned the rabbit idea, that I originally thought would be able to make a really nice project. Until the source is a little more open I don't think even the hardcore hackers/engineers will be able to make anything good from this overpriced rabbit.
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