Follow me for a few. Let's start with the basis of the concept.
There is a theater warm up excercise that I used to participate in during my theater days. It's called "Sound and Motion". All the participants, ranging from 2 to infinity stand in a circle facing inward (each other). One person starts the exercise by making a noise and a large, fully body motion (think Jim Carey here). The person to the right must imitate that "sound and motion" as best they can, and then the next person, and the next, and the next....and so on until the very last person in the circle has imitated the original starter. After that first round, the person to the right of the original person makes a different noise and motion, and it continues around again. The game continues until everyone has had a chance to come up with an original sound and motion.
SOOOOOoooooo, why not place the Panaromic camera in the center of the circle and process each person's movement in SoftVNS. Add a score to the person with the best/worst imitation and play a few rounds! 10 being the best, 9 and so forth.
The maximum length of cat5 (category 5 cable) you can have between computers (nodes) on your 1000 or 100 mbps network is 100 meters or 328.08 feet. Anything longer isn't advised. Learn somthing new everyday.
I successfully bluejacked someone for the first time yesterday (11/14/03). I was walking to class at about 5:00 - 5:30 and I decided to take the long way to Zemeckis. I noticed a large crowd gathered at the fountain in front of Tommy Trojan. Some film was being shot there, and it wasn't a student one. I figured this would be as good a place as any. Setting my phasers on "stun" I wondered around for a few minutes. BINGO, "unknown". Launch torpedo's captain! BAM, "message accepted". A direct hit! Problem was, I don't think the person noticed. I believe there was some guy in the crowd with a Nokia 3650, but he was on the phone and I don't think he even cared. He probably just hit accept without thinking about it. Hopefully he will find the note. Very interesting though, and sorta nerve racking at the same time. I think the term is also probably not a good one to use, especially around Southern Cali. Maybe "blue tagging" is less disturbing. Either way, it was an interesting experience. I think I will try again today sometime. If you wanna know some more, esato.com started this little craze in their forums, at least that's what I have been told by the almighty "Internet" and "Google".
The new 4.3 beta 2 runs Jitter 1.2...on Windows...YAY!...download it here.
http://www.synthesisters.com/download/jitter12b2win.zip
Okay, here are some test vids of my space simulation/recreation. They came out okay I guess, but with a few different tricks (and better lighting), I could probably pull off somthing more interesting. These vids are just test footage, nothing that interesting. In the first one I am playing Quake, the second checking email. I also have longer versions on my camcorder. I think you can really see the potential for an interesting narrative however. If I were to rig it up as a front projection, it might work better. I also need more light on the inside of the case as well as NOT shooting in front of a window. The hardest part about the test shots was to try and match up both the action I was doing with the computer monitors responses. More on this later.
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Here are some pictures of the setup...and of Peggy. Methinks she likes to put her head inside of things!
Intels new slogan, "Peggy Inside"
Before I began this, I knew that I could have just shot the frame of the inside of the comp and composited it over top of me staring at the camera with just a keyboard...instead of the elaborate setup I posted pics of above. However, if I were to do the elaborate setup with front or side projection, I would be able to effectively match the two together, action for action. In retrospect, I think that this sort of footage gives a little more privacy away than does a web cam. The whole focal point thing is very interesting to me in that it displays more subtle actions of the invidual in front of the computer.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence looks to be amazing. I caught the trailer here, as the site has now officially been opened up to the public. Will be released in Japan sometime next year. The animation looks amazing, and I...uh...yeah...kinda still need to see the first one!
Maybe I will be there when it is released...
More things to waste time with...some you may even find humourous.
The End of the World
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Half Life 2