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Open Frameworks Point Cloud

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:14:14 +0000

For our OF assignment, I decided to mess around with the 3D Point Cloud Example. I was curious as to how the images were given depth. At first, I thought it was simply related to the color of the image. However, as I found out when using several images that it was the opacity that affected depth. I used a picture of my friend, Ian as well as my dog back home, Charlie. Here are some pictures of the process and result.

RGB Jelly Video

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:08:13 +0000

Link to a video of the RGB Jellyfish in action.

Week 4 Libraries Sketches

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:04:07 +0000

For week 4, I revisited a project I made during Bootcamp. I tweaked around with the controls and the look of the circles. However, after some changes, I still like a version very similar to the original. The libraries I used were OSCP5 as well as NetP5.

Here is a link to the original sketch on OpenProcessing.

Week 2 Trig Animations

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:55:19 +0000

Here are links to 2 Processing sketches I made playing around with movement using sine waves.

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/69757

http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/69755

Final Presentation

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:06:34 +0000

Here is my presentation on the Max for Live patch I made to read serial inputs from Arduino for my Final. Unfortunately, the blog won’t allow me to upload the actual patch, but you can check it out on my Github page.

MIDI Final Presentation

MIDI Midterm Presentation

Bobby — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:01:05 +0000

Here is the Powerpoint presentation I gave for my midterm regarding my attempts at constructing a MIDI controller.

MIDI Presentation

Week 8 Assignment: Rube Goldberg Machine

samua407 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:10:25 +0000

Bobby and I worked on a Rube Goldberg Machine that followed the following path:

A vibrating motor with a cardboard arm taped on > a flex sesnor > an LED > a photocell (with a small cardboard hut over the led and photocell) > another LED > another photocell (with another cardboard hut over the two) > a speaker that played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

We chose each input and output because we were playing with the idea of an alarm clock.

We ran into a couple issues with the flex sensor being ultra sensitive, so maybe next time we could use a pressure sensor.

Unfortunately, we forgot to take a picture or a video – but hopefully you saw it in class!

Alex, Bobby, and Carol (ABC) Temperature Sensor

carol — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:49:33 +0000

Here is our PDF for the temperature sensor in-class assignment. We tested the temperature of coffee to make sure it wasn’t too hot to drink but it has many other uses!

temperature sensor

Assignment 1

Bobby — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:06:58 +0000

Well, up until Bootcamp, I literally had no previous experience coding. However, once I started learning about it I was immediately fascinated by the possibilities and concept of coding. Therefore, I’m hoping CC Lab will give me the opportunity to build on the skills I started to learn. I hope to be able to translate some more of my concepts and ideas into a visual programming language like Processing.

Here’s a link to my Bootcamp final: http://openprocessing.org/sketch/68555

In addition to Processing, I hope to really get into Arduino and start to explore the area of physical computing. I’m really interested in the concept of the “Internet of things” and the possibilities the Arduino and microcontrollers open up. More or less, I’m hoping CC Lab will be a place I am able to explore these new concepts and really experiment.

As far as artists and inspiration goes, here’s what I’m into:

Amon Tobin ISAM 2.0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009tRMrLv4s

Samsara: Awesome movie I watched this weekend. Touched on lots of subjects. Great food for thought and visually incredible. Check out the preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xVp3N-M84

Sigur Ros: Possibly one of the best bands ever. If you’ve never heard them you definitely need to check them out! Here’s a preview of the film they made a few years back documenting a series of free concerts they threw when back from tour in Iceland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oev9akI1B7g

Here’s the link to my interactive story:

http://openprocessing.org/sketch/68622