VIRTUAL GROWTH IN THE REAL WORLD (real-time projection mapping)

This installation does live interactive projection mapping using a projector, laptop and infra-red camera. Running in real-time, it works without prior knowledge of the location and can be moved around freely, even during operation. Just point it wherever it may look interesting!
And yes, that includes people and moving things ;)

Watch virtual 'life' overgrow the real world!
Starting from one or two spots in the environment, it will slowly but surely spread out and trace the world. It can only grow over edges, meaning that certain areas may remain 'uninfected'. This is where crowd interaction comes in. People can use their body to carry the 'life' to a new place, from where it will then spread further. Also, the life can be wiped away, but unless this is done completely it will grow right back again!

Filmed at
- FIBER FESTIVAL @ Trouw, Amsterdam (2011-01-15)
- FORMAT @ Club Air, Amsterdam (2011-02-11)
- My living room

Music: 'Tiffany' by Cedaa

note: some parts of the vid were sped up a little! :)
(while running live, you *can* adjust the growth speed, though...)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• projection
• mapping
• light
• live
• real-time
• interactive
• FIBER
• FESTIVAL
• trouw
• amsterdam
• club
• air
• verdieping
• media
• visuals
• installation
• camera
• infrared
• IR
• building
• environment
• grow
• spread
• trace
• edges
• 2011
• psychedelic
• directx
• hlsl
• shaders
• c#
• graphics
• demo
• art
• tron
• crowd
• animation
• digital
• motion

[carfoz]

Leuk project weer Lieven. Fijne dagen en keep up the creativity.

[DnBastard]

is your contour detection contrast based, or something else?

i'm thinking of doing something similar with my laser crab (but probably won't lol)

[MatheusMK3]

Okay, this, my friend, is really cool...

[Polkm212]

well shit