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Augmented City 3D

by Keiichi Matsuda

by Keiichi Matsuda keiichimatsuda.com The architecture of the contemporary city is no longer simply about the physical space of buildings and landscape, more and more it is about the synthetic spaces created by the digital information that we collect, consume and organise; an immersive interface may become as much part of the world we inhabit as the buildings around us. Augmented Reality (AR) is an emerging technology defined by its ability to overlay physical space with information. It is part of a paradigm shift that succeeds Virtual Reality; instead of disembodied occupation of virtual worlds, the physical and virtual are seen together as a contiguous, layered and dynamic whole. It may lead to a world where media is indistinguishable from 'reality'. The spatial organisation of data has important implications for architecture, as we re-evaluate the city as an immersive human-computer interface.

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12_series - work in progress pt. 2

by Telcosystems

Second day of testing … 7 generators & 1 master improvising with one dataset. Will be 12 generators and 1 master in the final setup. 12 screens & 12 speakers for output. Installation running on the new macmini's c2d / 2.0ghz / 3mb L2 / 2gb ram / 256mb vram. All software made with Max/MSP/Jitter, with a few custom solutions by dk@telco and tim@tap. --------------------------------------------------------------- 12_Series is a new generative multichannel computer installation by Telcosystems (NL). The installation is an audiovisual horizon comprised of twelve identical image and sound generating machines. The software for these machines is based on the idea of evolution, implementing forms of audiovisual imitation, mutation and recombination, aiming for the emergence of captivating complexity from a vocabulary of rudimentary shapes, sounds and logic. The system is build around the notion of decentralized autonomous decision making, where each machine displays its own generative behavior,…

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12_series - work in progress pt. 1

by Telcosystems

First tests working on our new generative 12 channel piece… Installation running on the new macmini's c2d / 2.0ghz / 3mb L2 / 2gb ram / 256mb vram. All software made with Max/MSP/Jitter, with a few custom solutions by dk@telco and tim@tap. --------------------------------------------------------------- 12_Series is a new generative multichannel computer installation by Telcosystems (NL). The installation is an audiovisual horizon comprised of twelve identical image and sound generating machines. The software for these machines is based on the idea of evolution, implementing forms of audiovisual imitation, mutation and recombination, aiming for the emergence of captivating complexity from a vocabulary of rudimentary shapes, sounds and logic. The system is build around the notion of decentralized autonomous decision making, where each machine displays its own generative behavior, while reacting to behavior of neighboring machines and adapting to centrally organized environmental variables.…

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12_Series at WSG preview HD

by Telcosystems

Rarely does a new-media installation based on pure technique evoke emotions that reach so far beyond technology. 12_series, a multi-channel computer installation, slowly but surely draws the viewer into still unexplored territory, where emotion and meaning will quickly surpass technical ingenuity. Twelve identical monitors and speakers are installed in a pitch-black room, driven by the same number of similar image and sound machines. The makers of 12_series have developed a computer programme to clarify two important generative principles: those of the evolutionary development and the decentralized autonomous decision process. Although the monitors and speakers are all built up from the same binary DNA, a game of question and answer develops between them, a game of move and response. Imitation, mutation and rearrangement of image and sound make a set of rudimentary shapes, sounds and logic degenerate into a complex, new idiom. Reacting to each other and to the centrally determined variables,…