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93. FaceOSC
7 months ago
91. Autotimelapse
9 months ago
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10 months ago
81. The Janus Machine
1 year ago
76. keytweeter
1 year ago
70. Jovano, Jovanke
2 years ago
69. EMPAC 360 Demos
2 years ago
While sitting at the chair in front of the scanner you are bathed in structured light, allowing the shape of your profile to be digitized and archived. This portrait, an attempt to capture your likeness in three dimensions, is compared to a library of other portraits captured in the same manner. From these comparisons emerges an outline of the captured form: a playful perspective on your relationship to others, built from light, inviting you to explore further.

Janus is a god from Roman mythology, strongly associated with transitions and duality: young and old, coming and going, or the past and future. Janus is often depicted with two faces, each facing in opposite directions. "The Janus Machine" offers a modern corollary for this ancient metaphor and mythology: the real face, and the one stored by the computer.

Kyle McDonald kylemcdonald.net/
Zachary Lieberman thesystemis.com/
Theodore Watson theowatson.com/
Daito Manabe daito.ws/

Currently installed at Ars Electronica Center through September 2011.
  • Kris Meeusen plus 1 year ago
    Beautifully executed.
    To bad the Amsterdam exhibition is closed during the weekend
  • Kyle McDonald plus 1 year ago
    Thanks! The exhibition at Cinekid has a special feature: when you arrive at the festival you get a bar code to use with the various installations. If you have the bar code scanned at the installation, when you get home you can check out your 3D scan online via a Processing applet.
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  • Lawrie Cape 1 year ago
    Wow, that's incredible! Amazing work all round.
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  • Tiago Serra plus 1 year ago
    Experienced it myself :) Astonishing!
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  • James Alliban plus 1 year ago
    Fantastic. I had a quick go while I was there. Such an amazing collection of interactive art at Cinekid this year. oF represented multiple times.
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  • Reza plus 1 year ago
    very cool!
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  • This looks fantastic, hope to see it soon !
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  • vargasz abolcs 1 year ago
    i like the interface very much! brilliant knob, jotstick!!
  • Kyle McDonald plus 1 year ago
    yeah, i really like it for this kind of situation -- a straightforward but minimal way to explore the space. check it out: it's the connexion "space navigator".
  • vargasz abolcs 1 year ago
    thx i found your video about it!
    :]
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  • Paolo Tonon 1 year ago
    I tested it at Ars Electronica 2010: one of the best experience of the exhibition.
  • Kyle McDonald plus 1 year ago
    wow, thanks so much! we had a great time making it :)
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  • Antoine Bonnin 1 year ago
    Awesome interaction (knob) and the particle transitions are beautiful. Congratulation on a job very well done!
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  • Phill Mayer 1 year ago
    I just tried it out in Savannah, GA at the Pulse Technology + Art festival... an absolutely beautiful immersive experience
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