For Cycle 2: —I decided to completely abandon my idea of using this project as a means to push my thesis work forward, and decided to instead use this as a way to explore an audio-driven game. The game itself is an interactive piece that uses the body as a “human tuning-fork”. The programs that would be used are Isadora and Max/MSP. Isadora would send the messages via an OSC message to Max, and would therein transmit a sound based on those OSC messages. My intentions are to use the body tracking from a Kinect, or Orbbec, to tune a pitch to match another “fixed” pitch (this would also be sent to Max). To begin: —I drew out my initial idea on a whiteboard of how the experience would start. This included:
—For now there are 3 screens: Welcome, Goals, and Game-play. The welcome screen includes all of the introductory information for the game, including how the experience will play out and a small example. The goals screen shows what the player needs to do; it’s a 3-out-of-5 win/lose gambit. The game-play screen shows the timer, a visual representation of the countdown, and where the player has won/lost a round.
—To elaborate upon this, I proposed the idea to the group and had some feedback/questions in terms of game-play, visuals. The setup thankfully made sense to the group (and myself). The comments are as follows: >>Game-play:
>>Visuals:
—My next steps include (in order, hopefully):
–This week of Cycle 1 I progressed more towards using this time to develop my thesis work. I decided to show the class the progress of the work and an example of how the project is progressing towards a ‘finalized’ project. –My goal for this project is to be able to have the visuals projected towards the ground plane, and have the audio also reactive to the visuals being produced. Giving the viewer an audio-visual experience of animation beyond that of just watching it projected on a screen. –For the moment, the patch works as an interface that 4 separate instances of utilizing visuals to drive audio. The proposed 4 separate sources are as follows: 1. Video 2. Image 3. Live 4. Multi-Touch –Currently the only piece that I have invested time into showcasing is the “video” source. For the sake of effort and how much time it takes to connect all of the separate pieces that entail the position based object orientation, the GUI setup, and the prototyping, I have decided to stick with the work of making the video portion the main focus. –Beyond this, I have been having considerations of changing the viewing experience from a viewing experience on a screen to a top-down projection onto the floor. I proposed a series of questions for the sake of generating a conversation around the piece as well:
Feedback from the class (from what I could write down in time) entailed:
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