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Ghostly 3D Holograms Hit the Diesel Catwalk; Future of VJ Projection?
Diesel’s latest fashion show featured some 3D holographic projection that is just beyond cool. Creative Review has the scoop and spoke with a mysterious tech who hinted at some of the inner workings: “The visuals are projected through a series of ‘foils’ into mid air, so you see the images in mid-air. The models can […]
Controllers + Live, Reaktor, In Action: From Colombia to New York
Using old controllers in new ways, using new controllers in old ways … when playing live, having some controller gear is a must. Gustavo Bravetti sends video of himself playing Ableton Live using various novel controllers, live from Colombia. (That’s Colombia, not Columbia.) Yes, you can wow crowds playing with laptops — especially when you […]
Online Grain Silo Music Performance, on the Silophone
Photographer Diana Shearwood took these images in a haunting photoessay documenting the Silophone. (Yes, “haunting” and “grain silo” can go together.) See the “Reservoir” section of the Silophone site. Music itself may be ephemeral, but it’s deeply connected to the spaces in which it’s performed and heard. You’ll notice that space all the more readily […]
Music Video: Don’t Dance (Take That, Electronica)
Yes, it’s the electronic music video you’ve been waiting for. Quotable: Don’t listen to your body ’cause it only tells you lies This could also be an IDM anthem. (Glitch remix, anyone? Stems, please, Olde English?) No wonder Michael Gondry started showing up at Olde English shows. Via Adam Conover, editor and co-creator of the […]
Pikilipita, VJ Software for Game Boy and GP2X Game Consoles, Updates and GBA Carts
GBA eye candy? You betcha. Pikilipita Advanced running on the GBA in screen caps … hook up a Game Cube with Game Boy Player and you’re ready to go. Pikilipita is a wonder: the developer has created a VJ app that runs on Windows XP and GP2X (Pikix), and even Game Boy Advance cartridges (Pikilipita […]
Awesomeness of Daft Punk: A Meta-Roundup
Photo: André Felipe, capturing Daft Punk in Tronworld São Paulo. Daft Punk is on a mind-blowingly cool tour. Aside from, you know, being Daft Punk, they’ve assembled dazzling futuristic visuals, slick leather jumpsuits, and sophisticated, animated LED helmets. What? You want to tour with LED helmets, too? It’s easy, outlined in a PDF by the […]
Wearable Cameras: Visualist Tool, and Could Save You From Plane from Hell
The V.I.O. POV.1, a mobile, wearable “point of view” camera due later this summer, already looks terrific. It’s got a hands-free camera with wireless remote and on-the-spot editing capabilities. I can imagine it being a lot of fun not only for shooting point-of-view footage, but potentially live/club applications, as well. (CDMo will be watching for […]
Web 2.0 Sampling: Free Samples at Soundsnap.com, Freesound Project
Oh. Snap. Soundsnap, that is — a community site with tens of thousands of free sound samples, ready to use in your project. People can be annoying. I imagine some of you really don’t like people much, and I hear you. If you do like people, though, and whole communities of them, you may have […]
More 3D Sculptural Projections: Pablo Valbuena's Augmented Sculpture
Greetings, programs! Pablo Valbuena’s “augmented sculptures” are gorgeous … and, yes, do recall a certain ground-breaking Disney sci fi film. It’s been a long time coming, but projection is slowly making its way out of the single, flat rectangle that so often constrains it. (Not that we don’t love single, flat rectangles, of course.) The […]