Interactive Installation Course Blog
Ideas, Experiments, and Reflections
This week, we finished WildWeb, an interactive installation about the digital records of our digital and physical footprints. We worked on the physical computing part together, and I added audio to our project. Our project code can be found on its GitHub page. Physical Computing & Installation Space Set Up We planned to make the … Continue reading WildWeb – Summary
This week, Sauda and I separated our work. Sauda worked on the physical computing part, while I worked on live visuals and texts to project on the frosted glass on the IDM floor. Please find the program files of the WildWeb project from its GitHub repository. Live Visuals: Hydra in Max When using OBS Studio … Continue reading WildWeb – Live Visuals and Texts
This weekend, I went to Art && Code at Carnegie Mellon University. It was an intensive and interesting session lasting from 11 am to 6 pm, in which I learned about Hydra and GLSL coding. These two tools can produce attractive visuals within a few lines of code, so I think I can use them … Continue reading WildWeb – Visual Content Workflow
This week, we presented our four ideas to the class and recorded feedback for each of them. We didn’t have a preference for the topic so we cast a poll. Below are the results: SynthNature: 3 Perfect Shadows: 3 Way Out: 3 Teleport to My Heart: 1 Upon further discussion and reviewing of the feedback, … Continue reading Final Project Post 2 – Idea Evolution and Sketches
This week, I communicated with Sauda about the final project. Since she is interested in physical computing and I am interested in live visuals, we think our skills could be a good combination. Therefore, we ideated the final project together. We documented our ideas on our Miro board. Card Sorting We started with the card … Continue reading Final Project Post 1 – Ideation
In this post, I records feedback gathered from the critique on Monday and my thoughts and reflections on the Forgetful Machine. Overview: the on-site effect of the installation Overall, the Forgetful Machine runs properly in terms of logic: when no one is present in the camera range, the video/image starts to destort. However, I had … Continue reading The Forgetful Machine – Reflection
This week, I presented the Forgetful Machine installation in class and received invaluable feedback. Therefore, I would like to write two posts about my midterm project, one to summarize the project, and the other to reflect on the project. I will post the second post later upon collecting additional feedback from the class. This post … Continue reading The Forgetful Machine – Project Summary
This week, I finalized the equipment and space needed for my project and refined the media in my project. Please download my updated max patch and media files from my GitHub page. Updates since the last post This week, I finished and refined all four effects and fixed the issue of projecting four effects on … Continue reading THE FORGETFUL MACHINE UPDATE – November 5, 2023
This week, I coded several visual effects and realized part of the interactions. I changed the form of my project from a lantern-shaped 4-screen projection to a single projection on a screen because the latter can achieve a similar interactive experience while making the setup much easier. This projection will still consist of 4 sections … Continue reading THE FORGETFUL MACHINE UPDATE – OCTOBER 29, 2023
After posting my thoughts yesterday, I sketched my ideas below: My sketch of the different media and visual effects of “forgetting”. It is just an example; there are many other possible visual effects to choose from. Section A: image noise effect Section B: misplaced pixels Section C: resolution reduction Section D: discoloration During the sketching, … Continue reading The Forgetful Machine Update – October 21, 2023