Testing Flash Video ...
Some quick and dirty video prototypes that were put together last semester by me, Gilles, Korba, and Tuters.
The first is the Hater Filter where negative comments directed to the user are turned into postive ones.
The second video is for the Hunter/Gatherer project.
We did a few other video prototypes for CTIN541. The car camera video is floating around somewhere, along with the floating blimp wireless access point...
Finally getting around to posting stuff from last semester's CTIN541...
In the first part of the mobile module we were introduced to the idea of intimate objects, maps, and mobility...
First project involved coding a narrative into Google Maps using their API. I ended up linking some of the photos from my cross country trip from flickr onto Google Maps.
In the second half of the class, we went through examples of the processing language. This language also has a mobile version that lets you port programs to certain java enabled mobile phones. I decided to use this chance to experiment with creating a little applet that would tile together seamlessly across multiple screens. The idea was to project the result onto the 14 screens in ZML and have it look like there were 14 balls travelling across the width of the screens.
In its current form, pressing the mouse button accelerates the ball across the screen. I didn't get around to having it change directions. This is a prototype of sorts, hopefully leading to a finished product that involves a single object traveling across the 14 screens being controlled by a crank in the center of the room. Mike Stein had mentioned it should be pretty straight forward to implement a server/client system so that the ball could be passed from one screen to another with networked computers.
You can see the java app here.
All caught up on posting the required comments for the the 511 speakers:
There is a new version of Yahoo! Maps with draggable maps, and a live traffic overlay (though it doesn't seem to work on my firefox the site uses flash, and i had a flash blocker on). The zoom is also improved when compared to the competition, but I would much rather just draw a box around the area I want to zoom in.
Check out the Yahoo! Local Events Browser for a massive demo of many of the Yahoo! APIs. More info on the event browserhere.
Microsoft's version of Google Maps is dubbed Virtual Earth. The satellite maps are of a higher resolution than Google Maps, but aren't very up to date. Info on building websites with Virtual Earth is available at Via Virtual Earth.
Yahoo! Maps also has itself an API, though you can't embed the map into your own site (you have to use frames).
Google Earth has KML which is just a version of XML that lets you put place markers and 3d objects within Google Earth.
There is some information on open source GIS stuff out there if you are hardcore.
...and then there is ESRI. Their software is what the GIS folks use. I used to have access to a version of ArcView that I had used a few times, or at least tried to make sense of...
oh yeah.. Amazon.com has maps, and street level photos.
Google Maps Mania is a site that keeps pretty good track of all the Google Maps mash ups that have been done.
UPDATE: Ahh crap, Julian posted this link a few minutes before i did.
Did some stereo 3d photography for the second half of the immersive module in CTIN541.
Posted a comment on the 511 blog
For the first day of the immersive section in CTIN 541, we broke up in small groups and took photos around campus. The pictures I took with Matt, and Ken didn't quite line up making for a painful photoshop exercise. Below are photos stitched together with Arcsoft's Panorama Maker 3.5.
including the too large to fit on your screen version.
including the too large to fit on your screen version.
I picked up a blue DS the other day. I wanted to check out Nintendogs, and figured I could also use it analyze Warioware Inc. for the Design for Interactive Media assignment. The red one I ordered on eBay never showed up.
The last games I really played were Starcraft and Counterstrike...only in multiplayer mode.
I haven't purchased a game console since the Sega Genesis.
I was addicted to Descent and Doom back in the day.
The last time I picked up a video game controller was for a multiplayer game of Halo.
I haven't played single player since 8 bit Nntendo days, and Tetris was the only single player game I didn't lose in interest within a week of playing.
Though it could use a redesign, there is something about the various control options (touchscreen, voice, gamepad, accelerometers) on the Nintendo DS that is really appealing.
Scott Fisher shows some video clips from his trip to Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Of all the exhibits, the video of the his stare down with the giant Snow Monkey garnered the most reaction.
..it was also noted that one should design for the whole experience, not just the installation. People at the Expo were forced to stand in line for hours while baking in the heat waiting to see the exhibits. Former Imagineer, Andrew, pointed to his post on Mickey's Ten Commandments
