ITP Spring Show 2007
Tuesday, May 8, 5-9 pm
Wednesday, May 9, 5-9 pm
Wednesday, May 9, 5-9 pm
A festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at ITP
The Red Carpet
Jaewook Shin, Christian Bovine
The Red Carpet is an interactive installation replicating the experience of walking on a red carpet and responding to the amount of skin revealed by the user using light and sound.

Description
The Red Carpet will have the look and feel of an actual read carpet but without the actual poperotzy. We are using a video camera which will detect the foreground from the background. Then inside the foreground the camera will compute the amount of pixels that represent skin color. This will provide a percentage which has a direct corallation to the number of flashes that go off and how much sound will be produced. Or the more skin the user shows more flashes and the louder the crowd will sound.
Personal Statement
It is not difficult for people to see red carpet scenes form TV or magazine especially around 'Red Carpet Season'. Personally it is too much here in US. I almost cannot avoid to see them when its season. I always wonder what audiences think when they watch people on the red carpet? Is it really that important for people to see how they look, what they wear over and over again? Or are they visioning themselves on the red carpet? How it would be on the red carpet with hundreds spotlights and crowd? How ordinary people get attention from crowd then while we are not wealthy as celebrities? Here is the red carpet for those who is not wealthy but could get spotlights by expose their skin. Which is the same as many celebrities dose, but does not cost you a penny. This may work on real red carpets, may one of rare way for you to be covered by magazine or TV.
Audience
General audience, anyone looking experience the looks and sounds of the red carpet.
User Scenario
Audiences are invited to walk on the red carpet.
They will get few flash light with sound when they stand in front of the camera.
They are encouraged to expose skin In order to get more flashes, the louder the crowd sound and get higher lanking at online gallery.
Form people who get most attention to following other 30 people, their pictures will be on the 'The Red Capet' online gallery (http://jwook.com/redcarpet/gallery) by lank at real time.
They will get few flash light with sound when they stand in front of the camera.
They are encouraged to expose skin In order to get more flashes, the louder the crowd sound and get higher lanking at online gallery.
Form people who get most attention to following other 30 people, their pictures will be on the 'The Red Capet' online gallery (http://jwook.com/redcarpet/gallery) by lank at real time.
Implementation
Red carpet with background board.
Camera, flash lights, sound effect from speakers.
Computer
Camera, flash lights, sound effect from speakers.
Computer
Classes
Computational Cameras
Keywords
Computational Camera, Installation, User Interaction
Additional Documents