Media+Code

Create a multitouch gestural interface that controls the features (the 6 variables) of animated supershapes onscreen, and broadcasts the state of the system using OSC.

OpenFrameworks would be my platform of choice.

I’d like to make an audio visualizer that looks like a spaceship. All the things in the control desk: meters, clocks, etc. would react to external sound input. The meters would be placed on top of a .png image of a spaceship control desk. The landscape from the window would be generative graphics that create a simulation of flying through time and space…. But I’ll start with the control unit and see how far I’ll get. it’s a bit like a flying game, but meant to be used as  background visuals for a musician…

I’ll be posting here some examples, many of them made with openFrameworks, related to each of the themes of the course. I’ll also post the course materials. This post will be updated throughout the course.

• Text:
  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz by Jörg Piringer (image, right)
  Course files: 1. Hello World, 2. Text
• Generative graphics – 2D vector graphics:
  PhiLia, PhiLia 02 by Lia
  Course files: 3. Shapes Trail, 4. Mouse Follow
• Generative graphics – particle systems and classes:
  Voidie, RetroScreen, SKTCH, PRTCL by CreativeApps.Net
  Course files: 5. Moving Vertex, 6. Circle Web, 7. Circle Blink
• Generative graphics – 3D:
  Kontruct by James Alliban
  Course files: 8. Spin Cubes
• Image processing and textures:
  Satromizer, Satromizer OS by Jon Satrom and Ben Syverson
  Course files: 9. Image Zoom, 10. Image Glitch, 11. Screen Mirror
• Video:
  Super Pikix by Piklipita
  Course files: 12. Movie Player, 13. Movie Cam
• Computer vision:
  Messa di Voce by Tmema (Golan Levin and Zach Lieberman)
  Course files: 14. Circle Vision
• Sound:
  Sonic Wire Sculptor by Amit Pitaru
  Course files: 15. Audio Playback
• Audiovisuals:
  Magnetosphere by Barbarian Group (with Robert Hodgin / Flight404)
  Course files: 16. Microphone Visualizer
• Touchscreen devices:
  (different examples provided above)
  Course files: 17. Multitouch, 18. AccelPinch
• Further explorations with physical computing and natural UI:
  Particles by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi
  Link to guest lecturer Michihito Mizutani’s post about this topic

Also check the code examples (Processing, openFrameworks, ActionScript, Cinder…) on this website, highlighting many of these themes: http://formandcode.com/code-examples/ , supporting the excellent Form+Code book.