Push the boundaries of digital design using projection-mapping, Arduino, Microsoft Kinect & more - Feature. One of this year’s up-and-coming creative trends is ‘experiential’ design. It’s an umbrella term for innovative projects that encompass not just visuals, but also sound, touch and even smell – all driven by real-time feedback generated by the actions of viewers and the world around them.
Michael Burns explores how you get start creating your own experiences. You can think of it as interactive design that has outgrown the computer or cyberspace and entered the real world, where the input driving the experience can be anything from the reading on a temperature gauge to the movement of the ‘participant’ in front of a Microsoft Kinect. Meanwhile the output can range from projecting responsive visuals onto an object to triggering a camera to capture shots at exactly the right moment.
Here's some recent examples of the wide variety of projects this field encompasses from Leviathan's groundbreaking tour visuals for Amon Tobin (above) to a hanging garden installation. ABSOLUT INDIA. Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs. WebGL Path Tracing" by Evan Wallace. From the Author: Path tracing is a realistic lighting algorithm that simulates light bouncing around a scene. This path tracer uses WebGL for realtime performance and supports diffuse, mirrored, and glossy surfaces.
The path tracer is continually rendering, so the scene will start off grainy and become smoother over time. Warning: This experiment requires a lot of computing resources and may crash your graphics driver. Technology: WebGL, the Sylvester math library Tags: 3D WebGL. Incredible Water Display Prints Real Images. If you thought the Bellagio fountain was amazing, think again. This incredible water display, located in Osaka Station, is capable of printing real images and patterns using special computer-controlled nozzles. Continue reading for a video. [via Gizmodo - gorimon] Interesting Posts Around the Web. Dolce & Gabbana - Collection for Fall Winter 2011.
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