Project 2 – 18-090, Fall 2019 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019 Twisted Signals: Multimedia Processing for the Arts Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:32:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 https://i1.wp.com/courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-Screen-Shot-2016-03-29-at-3.48.29-PM-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Project 2 – 18-090, Fall 2019 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019 32 32 115419400 Kabruzzo – Project 2: Visualizing with Leap Motion https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019/2019/12/09/kabruzzo-project-2-visualizing-with-leap-motion/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:32:19 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019/?p=3339 Since I worked with sound for my first project, I decided to work with visuals for my second project using jit.gen. For the first window “ball”, a sphere is squished and stretched based on the y-coordinate of the left index finger. It squishes when your hand is lower, and stretches when your hand is higher. It is also squished in a different direction when the left hand pinches, like you are pinching the shape. In the window “worm,” the speed at which the shape moves is affected by the left hand making a fist, and the color is affected by the position of the left index finger. In the window “cross 1,” a shape is produced by taking the cross product of vectors used to make a sphere and the vector for the left palm’s velocity. In the window “cross 2,” a shape is produced by taking the cross product of vectors used to make a sphere and the vector for the left index finger’s position as a vector.

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1MX5scjJwJeiTmDW7bo-Gp3MBAOeCZP_J

]]> 3339 Smontina – Project 2: Barbershop & Home Hair Cutting Kit https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019/2019/12/08/smontina-project-2-barbershop-home-hair-cutting-kit/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:54:35 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/18-090/f2019/?p=3320 For Project 2, I originally wanted to create an interactive soft sculpture out of a durag and Max Patch that would replicate the experience of getting a haircut. However a lot of obstacles were encountered during the making process. The durag was not durable enough to embed 8 Adafruit speakers or the continuous handling necessary for exhibition so it was quickly replaced with a headset. The patch was made to have 2 modes: a manual setting, in which the user could choose the “clipper guard” and move the “hair clipper” around in ambisonic space over the audience’s head; and a automatic setting, in which presets of 7 hair styles (a normal Fade, High + Low Fade, Buzz Cut, Shape Up, Temple Fade with Sponge Twists, Frohawk, and High Top) could be automated and experienced. A reoccurring issue in both the automatic and manual version is having continuous sound when switching between the 8 different wavetables. The audio must be turned off and on again to reset the patch to play the new sound. In addition to that, on the automatic version, the audio for the most part is seemingly disabled. With each addition to the automatic patch (the Barbershop), more usability was lost, this may be due to the multiple presets that are theoretically needed for the project to function.

Home Hair Cutting Kit: Presentation Mode
The Barbershop: Editing Mode
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