Azure Kinect promises new motion, sensing for art

Gamers’ interest may come and go, but artists are always exploring the potential of computer vision for expression. Microsoft this month has resurrected the Kinect, albeit in pricey, limited form. Let’s fit it to the family tree.

What culture, ritual will be like in the age of AI, as imagined by a Hacklab

Machine learning is presented variously as nightmare and panacea, gold rush and dystopia. But a group of artists hacking away at CTM Festival earlier this year did something else with it: they humanized it.

Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018

On Apple Watch, Sound Design Translates into Haptic Feel

You already know sound is something you feel, physically – you know this from the sensation in your head on headphones, from your gut as a PA produces big bass, from the bodily experience of thunderstorms or the siren on an ambulance. But we may soon live in a world where increasingly the role of […]

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2015

Spatial Sound, in Play: Watch What Hackers Did in One Weekend with 4DSOUND

- November 17, 2014

How Gloves and Wearable Tech Could Change Music Performance: In Depth with Imogen Heap and Team

- April 24, 2014

Add Gestures to Visuals, Fast: Leap Motion Meets Vuo

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2013

Not Just Mapping, Reshaping: VVOX on Projection for Personalizing Architecture, Space

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2013

Gazing Back at You: Responsive Typography and Face Tracking [Source]

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2013

Shadows and Fog: Walk Into the Light in Interactive Projection Experiment

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2013

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