Fabulous is an interactive installation. The player uses the spherical object to interact with a projection of the night sky, and by using sound, the player can locate stars. There is a sense of beauty in this project, but the sound mechanic does not tie in with the theme, and there is considerable amount of lag between reality and projection, thus taking away the magic. The discovery of shapes by drawing them out in space is fascinating though. It reminds me of the falling words by Camille Utterback, which also uses motion tracking and projection to reveal and discover some piece.

Eyjafjallajokull uses clever light projections onto a mesh drawn onto the wall to achieve 3D effects. The lighting and the fact that it is actually a 2D surface presents a great sense of discovery and magic to this piece. I do wish the piece is interactive though. In the end, it is outshined by Bot and Dolly’s Box, which also uses projection and clever lighting to achieve 3D effects on projected surfaces, but theirs is performative, with live human actors, thus giving it a stronger sense of impossibility.

Cubepix Demo Test – by Xavi’s Lab

I am interested in doing something with projection mapping and mixing hardware like Arduino. I really liked this project because is a very good combination of both hardware use and projection mapping. I dont like the fact that the installation is supper loud. I know it is thanks to the motors, but If I end up using both projection mapping and Arduinos, I would try to minimize the amount of motors it had to keep the volume as low as possible. Apart from that i really like the effect the boxes do when they are rotating! It looks very cool. I also liked how they added the kinect as an interactive input. I would definitely add one too. I really think that some experiences like this the kinect adds a very special touch.

FLOW 1 | KINECT PROJECTOR DANCE

This project is more focused on kinect and projection mapping. As mentioned earlier, I feel when it comes to tracking, the kinect makes it easier to create interesting things with the depth camera. I really like all the effects the dances create. It looks like they are the ones disturbing the environment and i really like how that looks. I also liked the minimal color pallet used. I felt like the high contrast makes a stronger connection between he dancers and the disruption they are creating in the background and the mapping. I have seen many similar effects to this one, so I would definitely try to innovate the canvas, maybe by adding a real static object that will add to the canvas or combine it with LED or some type of sensor that would alter the canvas, making it less flat