Mass-market video motion sensor hijacked for art, yay!

[zilya]

I remember working on stuff like this at the Media Lab, now it's in a consumer toy! The Xbox being able to sense human outlines in a room and recognize how they are positioned- besides games, people we know are using it to make interactive art!

http://slashdot.org/submission/1456424/Motion-controlled-dance-music-with-XboxKinect-hack#comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxUzhDIdqo

Still not as responsive as a WII, but it has cool possibilities. In the media lab versions they were injecting semi-intelligent agents into the video that you could interact with. There's been some talk of muddling with the figures in the video in this one too :)

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[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i've seen a number of musical hacks now, including piano keyboard you jump on :>

also, someone did some fascinating photography in the IR of people illuminated by the kinect dot/rez system.

theremin anyone? :)

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[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Speaking of all kinds of creative stuff...did you get my email about As You Like It? I'm not sure I have a good email address for you right now...

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

wow, no! I'll send you mail.