Processing and Reactivision

Processing and Reactivision

These tasks were done as part of MSc Creative Technology, 2019.   You can find the project code by clicking the Github icon. ->

Drawing a Robot

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Being initiated into a language like Processing, similar to Java, but dealing on the graphics side of things. Given an ease into the language, the task of drawing, and possibly animating, a robot. Covering basic for loops and lines, I drew a robot similar to Eve from Wall-E.

To make things more interesting, I decided to add blinking eyes. Using a counter variable, I achieved the effect, drawing "closed eyes" when needed. And finally, in the spirit of "hello-worlding" a new language, I animated it Pokemon style, because why not.

Controlling a Puppet

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Given an interesting brainstorming session to come up with weird ideas and uses of input devices, the Rubix cube in the corner of the room caught my attention. I became thrilled with the idea of experimenting with hiding the squares, moving and rotating the sides and overall control of the device.

You can read more about it here.

Evaluation

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Processing and Reactivision in action

TUIO and Reactable

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TUIO is an open framework used to read and interact with multitouch surfaces. It allows for transmission and processing of interactive states, including touch events and object states. It is most commonly used with the Reactable, which can be used for various purposes - teaching, music, etc.

Although not thoroughly used in this project to full capabilities, I hope to get the chance to work with it.