Interactive Media

We were incredibly privileged to be asked to design and program 4 permanent interactive installations for Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division. We worked closely with a bunch of amazing people at Microsoft and Callison Architecture to refine what they hoped to see, feel, and experience from the installation. Then we gathered some phenomenal interactive and programming experts to help us put it together (thanks Pablo Molina, Nick Sears, Jesse Gilbert, Nathan Ruyle, Bo Bell, and the inimitable Sean Cagney)... Cycling 74 for the fabulous Max/MSP Jitter software, and BOXX workstations. Thanks also to TMB for the screens, Green Hippo for the media servers, Electrosonic for Show Control and Epic Productions for heaving it all in the air...

Using multi-touch technology The Hybridiser was a sensory experience shared across the internet.

The Hybridiser, designed and developed by Click Suite, was an interactive within the Auckland Museum Orchids Exhibition. It allowed visitors to create their own unique hybrid orchid from two selectable parents. Visitors could choose the attributes they liked from each orchid parent, including colour and texture. Their hybrid was then revealed in spectacular 3-D. In a first for a New Zealand exhibition space, the interactive was delivered as multi-touch experience. This large touch-screen allowed visitors to use two hands at the same time to pan and zoom around the 3-D flower, enabling them to view their creation from all angles.

An exciting moment in East London last night as Karsten Schmidt and the team ran the first full test of the interactive identity that will take over the western wall of the NFT Southbank from Wednesday 9th September as part of the onedotzero_adventures in motion festival.

Using the Nokia N900, punters will be able to control the live conversations behind the identity – twisting, turning and feeding the aggregated words to help build our first living, breathing onedotzero identity.

After a detailed development process it’s great to see the bespoke software built by Karsten (in Processing) and Gary working so happily with Maemo 5 (for the not so geeky that’s the new Linux-based operating system on the N900). We’re pretty certain people won’t have seen anything like it.

Now let’s see it at five times the size down at the BFI…

Sound Fountain is an interactive installation which captures and replays the sounds from the place in which it is. It was created with Mark Hauenstein in 2004.

Computing an Identity/ Memory Theatre
Final project for Diploma/MArch course at the Bartlett School of Architecture, as installed in the foyer of Wates House.

The music is Cars by To Rococo Rot. Please buy it here.
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