NYU ITP
1. Point Clouds Photogrammetry using Agisoft Metashape For my previous projects, I used the Lidar scanner app on my iPad for the point cloud. The scanned model is quite accurate, but the points are relatively sparse. Also, most apps generate meshes instead of point cloud models using cloud processing. Canvas, the app I used before, … Continue reading Week 3 & 4: Prototyping
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How did Dinner Party leverage the medium of 360 video? How did you leverage 360 to create immersion? Dinner Party leverages the medium of 360 videos to create a sense of immersion through storytelling and the brilliant use of camera movement. At first, the narration of the story makes me feel like I was one … Continue reading Reading Response WK2
Idea 1: Melting Memories & Sobering Dreams Urbanization and redevelopment have caused destruction to a city’s heritage. Memories of our habitats disappear due to demolition, deconstruction, and urban deforestation. The concept of this piece is a visual exploration of the city that retore its lost memories, narrate its story, and speculate its banal future. The … Continue reading Week 2 Assignment: Speculative Abstracts
Simulation Deepfake Deepfake essentially stands for “deep learning” and “fake”. It is commonly understood as manipulated video or computer-generated face swap, but it is way more than that. Deepfake specifically refers to synthetic media(video, audio, image) that have been created through machine learning and Artificial intelligence techniques, seemingly blurring the boundary between reality and artifice. … Continue reading Topic 1 Research
(In pairs), Presence/Immersion seems to stem, in part, from the user’s imagination. Use a low-tech technique (sound, fans, voice, acting, something else?) to do a small experiment *on someone else* which creates a sense of presence or immersion for that person (try to intentionally focus on achieving one or the other – use your own … Continue reading Creating Immersion, Creating Presence
Instructions Listen to either Voices of VR episode on Presence OR Virtual Reality: What Are YOU? podcast Review Unity’s glossary on Presence and Immersion Post Response to blog After listening to the podcast “Virtual Reality: What Are YOU?”, I find the idea of technological transcendence from the physical body via immersion in virtual reality really … Continue reading Reading Response Wk 1
Make a web-based portfolio of your work. Include at least three items in the portfolio. If you already have a web-based portfolio, make an experimental portfolio that takes a different approach from the portfolio you already have. Post a link to your portfolio before the next class session. https://damonniernier.cargo.site/Home-Image-Scroll Experimental Portfolio using Cargo, inspired by … Continue reading Week 1 Assignment: Portfolio Website
“Consuming the City” is an exercise that engages the many different ways food is prepared and consumed in New York and cities around the world. Each student will visit* an eating establishment (either a café, restaurant, food stand or cart or even a family member or friend’s home) and partake in consuming a meal or … Continue reading Consuming the City: Food Report
Wednesday 12 pm West Village Emotional Status: gloom due to the morning rain and insufficient sleep but felt gratified after the walk. Route: I mostly followed the West Village route recommended by Professor Bankert. I started the walk from and ended at my apartment on East 12th Street. Gloomy weather and lower clouds blanketed New … Continue reading Walking Assignment