Programming TimeMap

TimeMap Software Programming from ole kristensen on Vimeo.

I found this wonderful video which goes into some of the details behind the performances developed by Ole Krstensen and Frieder Weiss.

I found the original video here.

DIY: Multi Touch Sensor Surface

Maximum PC's Multitouch Surface Computer from Maximum PC on Vimeo.

I found this tutorial on how to build a multi-touch surface computer from MPC on Gizmodo.

Cirque Du Soleil Projection Workshop

This past Monday and Tuesday I had the opportunity to sit in on a large scale projection and lighting workshop held at the ATL&S building at the University of Colorado Boulder. The workshop was led by a representative from Cirque Du Soleil. It was presented by the head of the projections department currently running the Beatles musical retrospective "Love" which is currently running in Las Vegas.

While the workshop was mainly geared towards providing an introduction to projection technology the workshop did touch on a number of subjects which would be of interest to well established video designers. You can find a copy of my notes from the workshop here. (My notes are provided as a Free Mind file = .mm, you can download FreeMind for free here. Please forgive the horrible spelling and for the incomplete sentences in notes, they are provided as is;)

One of the more interesting tid bits of information I was able to glean in the workshop was a more detailed understanding of how the interactive projections from KA were accomplished. Also of interest was that Cirque is in general need for technicians. They are planning on opening three shows a year for at least the next three years and apparently are looking for between 1500 and 2000 new technicians in the same span of time.

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