PhD Stuff

Some videos of the Heilan X3D browser in action:

Ashitaka Improvisation 1


An improvisation I did with Ashitaka. You can see how my gestures with the physical interface relate to the sound/visuals in this one.

Ashitaka Improvisation 2


A second improvisation, this one giving a more detailed view of the visuals.

Ashitaka Prototype 3

The current (time of writing: 19/12/07) version of Ashitaka. I maybe went a bit overboard with the particles... The instrument isn't actually being played here - it's basically at rest, though a couple of secondary GravityObjects are split off at about 6s and 12s in.
Download a big version (1024x768 xvid avi, 12MB).

Ashitaka Prototype 2

A second prototype, without sound. This one demonstrates what's happening with the main object a bit better, and possibly better represents what the final instrument will look like.
Download a big version (1024x768 xvid avi, 15MB).

Ashitaka Prototype 1

One of the prototypes of Ashitaka in action. The main object that is moving about is controlled by the interface - the data from the accelerometer determines its position, and the other sensors control its shape and aspects of the sound. The other objects that appear are tangentially related to the main object, but the performer doesn't have direct control over them. Note how the objects draw on the background too. I'm not sure the sound's quite in sync with this one for some reason.
Download a big version (1024x768 xvid avi, 15MB).

origins

An audiovisual piece I did for the 2006 Musica Electronica concert at Glasgow University in June. Features some very basic audio-visual mappings, all one-way (audio to visual), and mostly just connecting audio amplitude to the size of cubes. The sound's in stereo, so the spatialisation will be a bit messed up. All sounds (except the red cubes) were done in Tao.
Download (xvid avi, 31MB) - courtesy of the Centre for Music Technology, University of Glasgow.