The mouths are yelling “yay, a new version of Video Production Tool!” Photo (CC) hc gilje. HC Gilje’s Video Projection Tool is a powerful, open-source, Max-produced tool for video projection and projection mapping on surfaces. The new 4.0 release adds a whole bunch of goodness, including mixing signals and an enhanced interface: 16 layers (previously […]

Wooster Collective said it: Every Once In A While, Brands Get It Right (This Is One Of Those Times) An inventive, tight use of projection mapping. There’s so much going on, it’s like watching a happy version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Puma Lift. from CCW – Lab on Vimeo. Ok, so it’s […]

Aside from cool aesthetic effects, projection mapping (mapping projection precisely onto real-world objects) and augmented reality (what you get when you add digital projections to your reality) can be useful. So, while we’ve already seen plenty of projections on walls and floors, this is a projection on a climbing wall. It might seem silly, but […]

Projection tools in the wild: relief projection lab at Bit Teatergarasjen; photo (CC) hc gilje. Projection mapping has been a running theme here, as visualists are dying to get their projections onto objects other than flat walls. If you’re ready to experiment and develop new material but have been intimidated by figuring out how to […]

Let’s back up for a second. You hear terms like “spatially augmented reality” or “projection mapping,” and it may seem as though you’ve wound up in the latest movie adaptation of a Philip Dick sci fi short story. When we talk about these terms, we really mean one thing: getting projection off of flat, rectangular […]

AntiVJ, that projection mapping luminary, has shared some behind the scenes video of a live painting and projection mapping performance in December 2008. AntiVJ – Live Painting: Shackleton from AntiVJ on Vimeo. It’s fantastic to see this kind of process stuff, and a beautiful reminder that projection mapping doesn’t need to be paired with 3D […]

SCINTILLATION from Xavier Chassaing on Vimeo. When we talk about “digital” process, it’s often mixing real, physical techniques that can make all the difference. In sound, that may be sampling real sounds, or building your own speakers, or finding physical interfaces. In visuals, it’s finding ways of doing things in the domain of actual light […]

Finnish “video- and lightdesigner” Teemu Määttänen has put together a beautifully minimalist projection mapping installation titled NOSTE. NOSTE installation from Teemu Määttänen on Vimeo. As impressive as the work itself is Teemu’s development blog and his research of “Video in Theatre”: NOSTE installation in the gallery, initial concept stills, test videos and scale model projections, […]

Last time we checked, the VVVV “How to Project On Complex Geometry” article was in its infancy. Now it’s been renamed as How To Project On 3D Geometry (why?), and stands as a great overview to the subject, with some specific patches for trying various setups in VVVV, and discussion on the technical aspects of […]

On Tuesday I assembled a small posse of visualists at the State Library of Queensland to test the venue for our proposed projection mapping setup at the Game On Launch Party later this month. As with any tech run, we discovered good and bad news. The good: That venue is just as cool as we […]