Author Archives: Matt

A much needed break – and a new begining

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Matt

Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say. Well it helped with this project, fundamentally where I wanted to go was right for me. I wasn’t doing art for other peoples sake it was something I wanted to explore play with, the … Continue reading →

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Disillusioned

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Matt

On a little bit of an emotional roller coaster with this project, it keeps shrinking don from what I have imagined to a pale shadow of the original idea, I’m not longer sure if this is what I sould be doing, will anybody else … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 1, 2010 by Matt

Well no e-media post for a long time, I guess its a mainly due to time tabling maybe e-media not being in a room with computers or some other force. Previously I had a few slots with an hour to … Continue reading →

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How it should all look 2

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Matt

I played around with those initial ideas and it was all to obvious, more like some bad video game, this ties right back to what I don’t want to do, I don’t want to fit right into someone’s ideas of what computer … Continue reading →

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How it should all look

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Matt

Currently thinking of it as multiple nodes, each node (an individual mic) could be represented as hill in the landscape undulating and changing colour based on the input, erupting into waves of light connecting nodes as the vibrations move from … Continue reading →

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A little tech testing 2- fun with Arduino

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Matt

Very excited my Arduino kit arrived, only one day after ordering. I got it up and running in no time, flashing leds, turning of an on leds with pressure switches, even switching a tri coloured led through all its colours. … Continue reading →

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A little tech testing 1- fun games with projectors

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Matt

Filling a room with light was a key part of this idea, so to see how it would work I borrowed a projector and collected an array of shiny thing and waited for night. (I also created a few mock … Continue reading →

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How to do it.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Matt

The plan so far. project onto a sphere, use contact mics to measure movements and vibrations in the room, what will be great for this is if the room is quite noisy this will set up the natural heartbeat or … Continue reading →

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Taking away the computer – a peek down the path of physical computing

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Matt

After much thought and consultation I decided to start down the path of physical computing. I have always been interested in how people relate to technology, for work as an interactive nedia developer it’s essential to have some insight into … Continue reading →

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So what is it going to be.

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Matt

The plan so far. The idea is to immerse the viewer inside the computers mind (Ok maybe mind is pushing it, how about brain or world) You step in to a room a fully projected space surrounded by undulating lights and colour … Continue reading →

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