Study in Symmetry

Using Steven Wolframs Elementary Cellular Automata and some OpenGL magic I created a series of images that reveal the deep complexity inherent in systems governed by simple rules.









I am reading a book called A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram. It details a possible fundamental shift in our perception of how we scientifically describe our world. Instead of being bound by the mathematical systems of arithmetic, algebra, and calculus, we can now use cellular automata to create bit-for-bit models of phenomena, be it natural or purely theoretical.

View the rest of the pictures here.

Virtual Dressing Room

Virtual Dressing Room is a demonstration of Augmented Reality that uses screen print designs as source material.

Friends of mine run a business that has events where they screen print on articles that attendees either buy or bring with them. This project was aimed at making the process of choosing which design and a location for the design fun and easy for the customers.

The designs I used in the demonstration video are from Made In Memphis.

Digital "Moths"

Digital "Moths" is an interactive projector artwork that uses a projector and an IR sensor to combine distributed behavior algorithms with position sensing.

I set out to make an interactive projector installation that I could put outside of art shows where people congregate to smoke cigarettes. The Digital "Moths" would float freely when no one was around, but when it sensed the lit end of a cigarette or the flash of a lighter they would swarm to that point in real space and follow it as the person moved.

In the video I demonstrate the principle using lighters and candles.

Interactive Projector Pong

Interactive Projector Pong is a demonstration of technology that combines live video processing with a projection to turn humans into Pong paddles.

A camera is positioned to take live video of a projected surface. When a subject enters the cameras field of vision the coordinates of the extrema of the person are translated into the Pong universe as a paddle that deflects the Pong ball bouncing around the projected screen.

Although the video does not show it, this was a 2 player installation.