After working with the software mentioned in previous posts to varying degrees I began to research possible project concepts. The following is a description of my initial idea which is currently yet in an early stage.
Initinal idea
I plan to implement an interactive motion detection device which projects a visual display relevant to the movement of the user. Using a sensor I will track the motion of the user. The sensor which will be implemented using an arduino will then be connected to a display device. By using OpenFrameworks I plan to implement a motion detection program using the information coming from the arduino and code it before sending it to PD which will carry out the nesseccary changes and send the relevant information to the Quartz file. The Quartz file will then display the visuals to the user.
Stage two idea
After discussing the project ideas with many people the importance of the link between sound and music became evident. I plan to use information coming from the audio playing in order to effect the visuals patch also. One possible way of doing this could be having the user play the audio file on the computer which the arduino is also connected to. This means I can read information from the track regarding pitch and combine this information with the motion information in the PD file. Another option would be that the speed of the music is controlled by the movement.
Possible additions
After looking at projects which were carried out implementing building projections I began to brainstorm regarding the projection aspect of the project. Rather than displaying the image on a screen, the visuals could be projected onto a number of canvas, for example a building.
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