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  1. Friendly Kinect

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    by Brett Renfer / Added

    6,280 Plays / / 1 Comment

    Really simple demo using kinect + openframeworks. I created three different depth thresholds to determine if no one was present, someone was a comfortable distance from the camera, or someone was…

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    • Sneaky Ghosts

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      by Brett Renfer / Added

      5,940 Plays / / 3 Comments

      This is an extremely rough sketch using the microsoft Kinect with the openframeworks community's fantastic ofxKinect code (https://github.com/ofTheo/ofxKinect), openCV, and the LAB at Rockwell's open-source…

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      • Pavement - Cut Your Hair

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        by Brett Renfer / Added

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        from Central Park Summerstage, 9/23/2010

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        • Google image instrument (2008)

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          by Brett Renfer / Added

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          An early prototype for a shape-based instrument. Images are loaded via a Google search. As the program cycles through each result, it detects blobs in the image via opencv and maps these blobs to…

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          • Flickr Hrp (2008)

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            by Brett Renfer / Added

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            This instrument allows for an intuitive way for users to "play" a set of tags derived from random Flickr users' photos. It uses light and sound sensors mounted on a child's harp to determine notes…

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            • Swear Jar (2008)

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              by Brett Renfer / Added

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              This installation capitalizes transforming a common action (swearing) into philanthropy. Voice recognition software listens for curses and creates a swear bubble for each one it recognizes. Users…

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              • Post-it Graffiti (2008)

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                by Brett Renfer / Added

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                Apologies for the poor documentation. An old piece. Interaction is based on physically moving post its across the piece, which leaves a trail of "graffiti" that builds up over time.

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                • Movementic

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                  by Brett Renfer / Added

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                  Movementic is a part of my ongoing exploration of a future where live music is completely audience-generated. This particular installation/instrument allows users to play, loop, and alter a range…

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                  • Peggy Test

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                    by Brett Renfer / Added

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                    Over a good month (July 2008) of exclusively late afternoon soldering, I put together a Peggy II. The rest of the LAB team was in Venice, so I decided to say hello to them via my new friend.

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                    • Face Builder 2.0

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                      by Brett Renfer / Added

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                      This project is an exploration of the use of one's face as an input device. This iteration allows users to construct three dimensional digital sculptures using nothing but their faces. Users "grab"…

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                      • Indefinite Inventory

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                        by Brett Renfer / Added

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                        In the digital age, the process of breaking down information has become so fine tuned that it can completely remove any speck of subjective meaning from an object. INDEFINITE INVENTORY is the culmination…

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                        • SMS to Particles : Process II

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                          by Brett Renfer / Added

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                          I've been experimenting with particle systems + type for a while, most recently at work at the Rockwell LAB. I decided to further this work for a piece for the student exhibition at CCS. However,…

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