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Sony’s gestural projector could change interaction
Last week’s CES trade show was full of weird and unlikely inventions. But some of them point at directions in tech that could bear fruit. Take this Sony Xperia Projector prototype. The consumer benefits aren’t immediately clear – but media artists may see the perfect self-contained interactive installation. The Verge gets a hands-on with the […]
Read moreNew Kinect Gets Closer to Your Body [Videos, Links]
It’s a new world for media artists, one in which we look to the latest game console news because it impacts our art-making tools. And so it is that, along with a new Xbox, Microsoft has a new Kinect. The new Kinect uses standard infrared tracking (ideal for in-the-dark footage and accurate tracking), but also […]
Peter Kirn - May 22, 2013
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I Want My IR TV: A Giant Screen Made of 625 Remote Controls
From the avalanche of discarded, used electronics, artists are beginning to make new works. DeFunct/ReFunct, as covered here in some detail recently, appeared last week at Berlin’s Transmediale. But for a uniquely-elegant transformation of the old into the new, Chris Shen shares his TV screen made of some 625 remote controls, as installed in an […]
Peter Kirn - February 4, 2013
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Dodecahedronists, Unite: An Audiovisual Controller, Gestures and Polyhedra, Open Hardware
Peter Kirn - September 7, 2011
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Augmented Projection with Magician Marco Tempest, Big in Japan
Peter Kirn - May 18, 2010
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Gorgeous Timeline-Less Audiovisual Multi-Touch Sequencer, Built in Flash
Peter Kirn - April 13, 2009
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