P{three-sixty}5

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How do you use it?
Demo to explain nesting for() loops and the pushMatrix() and popMatrix() functions.

What is it?
Mouse around to rotate the cube. Up and Down arrow keys zoom in and out.

This is the culmination of the Video Leaf sketch. (However somewhere along the way the video input part got left out.) The video projector casts a shadow on the wall and virtual leaves are aligned to the shadow. When the viewer taps the physical twig, the leaves in the drop from the shadow tree.

This piece was on exhibit Grey. Green. show.

download the app (Mac only)—view the code (main file, leaf class)

The color filling the brown leaf is calculated by averaging the hue of every pixel in the video frame. The color in the green leaf is just green. Hey, it’s a work-in-progress…

Video Leaf // ver E
The leaf shape is an SVG. Its fill color determined by the average color of the webcam input. The leaf veins are a transparent PNG overlaid on the SVG.

This sketch cannot run in the browser because of security issues with the applet accessing the webcam. If you are running OS X and have a webcam, you can download a standalone app of the sketch.

This is a test for a piece I am developing for a gallery installation. More details to come…

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How do you use it?
Tell somebody about what time it is.

What is it?
A clock… sort of. This sketch is just a modification of the anaLog Clock from last March. Watch it for a few seconds if you can. It’s drawing the clock hands at random distances from where they should be according to the actual time. The result… you can only tell about what time it is. I know it’s hard to watch, but that’s really not the point. I’d like to polish it up a little, but for now, consider it a proof of concept.

Why is it cool?
My life is a constant struggle with time. Or, more specifically, chronos time. If I can avoid knowing the “exact” time, I’m all for it. Maybe this is clock for kairos time.

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How do you use it?
Move your mouse up and down.

What is it?
Just playing with an array of JPGs.

Why is it cool?
This began as a discussion about updating Facebook profile pictures. It may yet become a tool for automatically generating them…

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How do you use it?
There is no interactivity. Just sit back and watch.

What is it?
Two things: First, it is an example of loading and scanning the pixels[] array. Second, it is the first step in the development of a program that will play images as sound. Stay tuned…

Is there an emoticon for crossed fingers?

If you’ve been here in the last few months you’ll have read about my ISP issues. Add to that some summer vacations, and preparing for the arrival of our first child (who’s currently featured in the header image) and you end up with a situation that left P{three-sixty}5 on the back burner for a while.

Well, I’m happy to announce that I’m getting back on the horse. We’ve ironed-out the server issues, upgraded Wordpress and, if a few more tests go well, you’ll be seing regular posts again.

Until then, if you have an Apple laptop with a Sudden Motion Sensor (built-in to sense if you drop the computer) you can play with this sketch that lets you draw by tilting your computer around. It uses the Processing Unimotion SMS library by the always inspiring Daniel Schiffman.

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