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Similarity Jukebox

Marco Wylie

A musical installation that demonstrates how derivative songs can be.

http://www.chattinoutloud.com/2017/12/05/similarity-jukebox/

Description

Using a simple, intuitive interface, this installation will demonstrate how similar some songs are in sets of two. The user can move back and forth between each clips of songs to hear exactly the moment where both songs sound alike. When the fader is in the middle, the user can hear each song overlapping, with a visual of the album covers overlapping as well to emphasize what is being heard.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing, Introduction to Computational Media

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The Laser Harp

Oren Shoham, Alan Peng

Our laser harp is a controller that provides an interactive audio and visual experience.

https://goo.gl/4y4pmb

Description

Musical instruments is a common art form that could be engaged emotionally and physically. We came across a project called Klanglichter, and were inspired by it. To make our version of laser harp, we took an approach of making a frame that could house an array of laser diodes and sensors. The final result is a controller that provides an interactive audio and visual experience.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing

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The Starting Line

Terrick Gutierrez, Lauren Race

The Starting Line is a game powered by privilege.

Description

Two users answer a series of ten boolean questions . If they answer “yes” (or privileged) to a question they advance further in the game. However, if they answer “no” (or non-privileged) they do not advance. The end of the game delivers a final percentage and encourages each user to use their privilege as a tool for good.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

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Great Heart

Camilla Padgitt-Coles, James Schmitz

A device that sonifies your heartbeat while you follow breathing visualizations which slow your heart rate down.

http://ixora.io/itp/pcomp/heartbeat-detection-study/

Description

This is a collaborative project by Jim Schmitz and myself (Camilla Padgitt-Coles) for our Physical Computing final. Our project uses a pulse sensor to detect the user's heartbeat and translate it into a sound which is triggered in P5. The user can also pick one of 7 instruments and 7 notes to represent their heartbeat. An LED also blinks with the heartbeat on the enclosure. The user is able to hear their heart rate and follow visualizations (also triggered in P5) which are designed to guide their breathing in order to slow down their heart rate. There will be two options: A “challenge” mode where once your heart rate has slowed 10% it will stop, and a “meditation” mode where the user can sit with it for a specified or free range duration.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing

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Fly like an Eagle

Samuel Chasan

Fly around your favorite places on planet earth with this kinect controlled flight simulator.

http://www.samuelchasan.com/ipc/2017/12/5/fly-like-an-eagle

Description

I developed body-positioning Kinect-controls for the Google Earth Flight simulator. The Kinect uses the z-position & x-position of the users head as well as their hips, to determine the pitch and roll of the aircraft; and it uses the average delta in y position of the left and right hands to determine speed. This allows people to flap and lean like a bird might and then fly around the planet! 

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

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Music-Visual Scrolls

Brandon Kader

Paint Music and Visuals with a paintbrush

https://www.brandonkader.com/introduction-to-physical-computing

Description

A musical instrument that plays sound and generates visuals projected on fabric. Sensors are attached at the top of the scrolls so that when the fabric is touched with the paintbrush, a sound is played and visuals pop up on the fabric. The system is in MAX/MSP/JITTER with analog input from a serial connection with Arduino. The sounds are composed in Logic and visuals are a combination of a particle system, composited video and p5.js.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing, New Interfaces for Musical Expression

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Cello Synth Control

Ahmad Arshad, Jesse Simpson

This is a sound installation where a cello is used to control a software synthesizer in the same pitch, with the ability to manipulate the sound via sensors.

https://youtu.be/73JMuude1b8

Description

The cello is played by a user and the pitch of each note is tracked in max/MSP and then translated to midi for triggering another synth sound of the same frequency in Ableton Live. A different user can then manipulate parameters of the synth patch by interacting with a series of knobs that send midi values via an arduino.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

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2077: Open Internet Archive

Samuel Hains

The year is 2077 and the internet has been reduced to a pile of trash.

http://samhains.com

Description

It is the year 2077 and the 'free web' has been depreciated and discarded like an old pile of junk. An open source, radical political group maintains a public archive that can be accessed via telephone. In this sad future – a broken, anachronistic interface is all that is available for the user to experience what was once known as the 'free internet'.

Classes

Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Physical Computing

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Sound Tent

Beverly Chou, Brandon Newberg

A playful, sensory space for two people to connect through interactions with sound and light.

https://beverlychou.com/itp/category/p-comp/

Description

A tent where two people can have a childlike experience with each other. Upon entering from either side, they find a console in the center, with 5 buttons and two knobs per person to make music. As the two users play more, the lights around them get brighter.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing

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Poem of Rebirth

Haiyi Huang, Lu Wang

Interactive experience that evokes audience feelings the poem through visualization and sound.

http://www.haiyihuangblog.com/category/intro-to-physical-computing/

Description

Our installation (3ft x 6ft x 6ft, width x length x height) consists of three 3 x 6'frames, following the audio guide, participant will pass each frame one at a time, and the laser sensor at the bottom of each frame will trigger different projection as the participant passes. Visualization and sound are composed by my partner, Lu Wang, evolving the theme of rebirth.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing