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i wonder how it really will look like when you connect a mobile phone with microsoft’s surface..

(images originally by microsoft)

this is an example about using the macbook’s sudden motion sensor within a 3d scene of instant player. it is based on java and daniel shiffman’s processing library. just add that library to your classpath or copy it to /Library/Java/Extensions

source code:
instantmotion.x3d
instantmotion.java
instantmotion.class

i am going to add more processing libraries to instant player over the next weeks (i.e. blob detection). using processing libaries in instant player is quite easy. the only problem is that most libaries are using PApplet as parent class and calling an awt window.

a short sketch with processing that visualizes a person’s outline as particles.

libraries:
blobdetection
traer physics

source:
particleblobs_pde.txt

digg introduced they api with a visualization contest. it is limited to flash based contributions. anyway. it is a nice approach using instant player for visualizing real time data with X3D on our institute’s projection systems.

there are two visualization sketches on different output systems. in both the stories are growing as ice-like typography trees in real time. each category grows its own tree of upcoming stories. in the center grows the tree with the frontpage stories.

DiggTrees on heyewall
due its very high resolution the heyewall is an ideal projection system for visualizations with a high information density. with 18 megapixels or 6000×3000 pixels resolution it is possible to read the tiniest typography. that’s why we do not have to zoom anymore. instead we are coming closer to the screen to read small items.

video (mp4)

DiggTrees on MovableScreen
the visualization on MovableScreen is a more spacial approach. the trees are growing in a circle around the front page stories. by rotating the display we can move around the circle and read details.

video (mp4)

the new semester already started two month ago. i am giving two classes this semester:

master class – technologies
the master studies “information design” at the university of applied sciences wuerzburg just started this semester. in my class students are learning about advanced technologies and to demystify them. there are four modules:
- data structures: how find and visualize realtime data
- virtual worlds
- augmented and mixed reality
- experimental interfaces: electronics, sensors, etc

http://gestaltung.fh-wuerzburg.de/blogs/master

museum 2.0
i am giving this class together with prof. erich schoels. we decided to join our two courses this semester. the first concepts are looking very promising:

http://gestaltung.fh-wuerzburg.de/blogs/museum_20