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Instructors
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MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations of Visual Perception



Jerry Gibson, George Legrady
August Black


Tuesday  13:00-14:00 - Estudio
Thursday 12:00-15:00 - Estudio


Interactive Installation Overview


Installation Components



Events
 

. image source (live videofeed processed in some way)
. viewer interaction recorded through a controller
. output: projection, sound, controlled devices

. Incoming stimulus (image, sound)
. Response (action)
. System reacts transforming image, sound
. Feedback response


Production

. Activate video stream
. Receive videodata
. Webcam control device
. Video signal processing
. Design 3D device
. Interaction design
. Feedback
. Interactive space design


 

Research activities


Visual & Spatial Arts

. What kind of a stimulus to provide (aural and visual)
. What kind of a choreography to design to engage spectator
. How will the event evolve (narrative)
. What kind of an overall aesthetic form to use


Engineering

. Design control devices that accurate ly record motion in 3D space
. Data collection: design interface by which user actions can be recorded
. Optimize system performance parameters
. (other topics as defined by Prof Gibson


Perceptual

. Experiments to study perceptual responses
. Psychovisual, physiological, etc.