Guitar Hero? We want VJ Hero. And the AV Arcade Table, now part of the Boredbrands Digital Funfair, is exactly what you’d want it to be like.
It’s got the hardware — a DIY, cocktail-style arcade table, just the like the one you spent playing Ms. Pac-Man on, slightly drunk.
It’s got the software — a Windows PC running VJAMM.
And it’s got the content — Guitar Hero and Rock Band have rock classics, so this has some classic clips from VJs.
Official description:
The AV Arcade Table is a simple hybrid, a table top arcade cabinet that has been converted to run Vjamm, the best Audio Visual VJ Software by miles! Using the joystick and buttons 2 people can trigger audio visual samples and create beautiful collaborative audio visual collage/ a chaotic mess** (delete as appropriate!).
The Table was originally created for Cybersonica 2007 and was featured as part of “Soundwaves” at Kinetica Museum
Thanks to Eclectic Method, Exceeda, Hexstatic and Vjamm All Stars for supplying content.
AV Arcade Table @ Boredbrands Digital Funfair
Incidentally, reasons to give some props to VJAMM, even in this overcrowded world of VJ apps, and even though everyone went out and bought MacBook Pros last week, it seems:
- Coldcut uses VJAMM. I mean, celebrity matters little to us here, but they do use it well, and that counts.
- The Novation SL line of keyboards supports Automap in VJAMM. (It’s England, so I’m guessing that idea got worked out over a pint — which is certainly the way I like to make deals.)
- They have this cheery slogan on their website: “VJamm3 is the world’s leading audiovisual instrument, the ultimate tool for sound and image mixing, the true 21st century artform, the new hip-hop.”
- This table
Thanks to Gav for the tip — great work, mate! And to all readers of CDM: go for the shameless plugs. There’s no shame in it. We love to see the cool stuff you’re doing.