The tutorial made it really easy to create so I had it done in a couple of hours, I took it out of drawer and improved last nite tho - added an option to load any tune and two sliders to modify tempo & scratch strength. The code is pretty basic, when you rotate the vinyl its rotation speed equals playback speed of the tune. I dubbed the thing Flaatch, have fun!

It has to be said, Pranav is full of great ideas. I don’t know if SixthSense in it’s current shape would be useful, I think it could work better if it was head mounted or even installed in glasses instead of using projection. Currently, it seems it would have to use some image stabilization system to balance chest movement while breathing and general body motion.

Much more on the project here: SixthSense website. Pranav said it’s going to be released as an open source project quite soon, I’ll definitely be checking the site for updates.

Below you can see a video I made to present the project to juries of some contests (no response yet.. ), it broadly shows what it can do and how it worked on an exhibition back in May:

You can read more about the project on AniWall microsite. Generally, I was quite happy with the result of research and how it worked, it was not perfect though.Performance for art installation purposes and drawing was really good but when more precise gestures were required (for example for navigating a gallery) the system was quite easily distracted by other people standing behind the ‘user’. I managed to cut the background motion off significantly by crossing infrared light beams in the center of the screen, where user’s body should be located but it didn’t solve 100% of the issue.

Quite soon after I presented AniWall to the board of examiners I saw the Microsoft’s project Natal, my jaw dropped on the floor and I decided I’d better focus on other experiments for a while.. But hey, on the upside, setting up my thing costs only about 50 GBP (+ display device and a PC) and I’ve got a First Class Honours thanks to it : )

Below, couple of pics people have drawn using AniWall:

Loads of issues I had with AniWall could be solved if the thing below came into production. Bi-directional screen is still more of a concept than a real product, but boy, it can change the world (or at least the world of HCI):

Ali Momeni and his fleet of mobile video projectors transform public spaces into massive sound and light shows.

No comment, the mood of this video is just beautiful.

AFAIK this is or will be a new Samsung LED tv ad. It seems Samsung really wanted to beat Sony’s paint splashes..

The video above was shot by David Coiffier at a stunning rate of 1000fps with a custom ~$10k camera. The one below for a change, was recorded with ~$900 Casio EX-F1, at 300 fps and edited at 24 fps, due to the author - Vicente Sahuc. Despite the low resolution (512×384) it looks well impressive.

And for the opposite, a timelapse video shot by the same Vicente in Spain with a SLR camera.

“A multi-touch application for creating visual live performances. Created in a practical course at the University of Ulm, Institute of Media Informatics.”

How it does it come into being?

Pretty inspiring when it comes to my ArtWall.

Mark’s blog & flickr !

A quick mashup of some videos I recorded during testing of the latest prototype of AniWall, my interactive gesture operated wall project. It’s still not perfect as you see, but I’ve got a feeling I’m getting closer.

Shot with D90. Put together quickly and under pressure in iMovie 08 (did you know you can’t stretch or reverse video there? Weird. ).

Enjoii!