Armin Ambühl, Student an der ETH Zürich, hat für seine Bachelor-Arbeit ein System entwickelt, mit dem er via Kinect und einer Kamera an der Decke diesen Quadrocopter kontrollieren kann. Mit dem rechten Arm lenkt er ihn in die gewünschte Richtung, wenn er den linken Arm hochhebt, fliegt der Bot einen Looping. Dabei ist der Pilot immer durch eine “Flugverbotszone” geschützt.
More Info: http://www.FlyingMachineArena.org
[Via Technabob]
Melbourne-based installation artists ENESS bring a new perspective to action sports by fusing interactive art with skiers and snowboarders flying through the air. To achieve this spectacle a 21′ inflatable sphere hovered between hits as proprietary software mapped 3D visuals onto the snow and sphere. Riders were tracked via an infrared camera as they flew through the air.
Magic Carp-pet rug and coffee table set designed by Australian designer John Leung and Clarke Hopkins Clark Architects.
“The graphic apparition, replacing the traditional fish tank, is also a nod to the decreasing abundance of our most precious natural resource – water. Mythologically, the carp symbolises bravery and fortune. Linguistically, the ‘carp’ becomes a humorous extraction of the ‘carpet’ that reveals this intriguing little conversational piece on the floor.”
the German news magazine Spiegel ONLINE write today a interesting article about AUGMENTED REALITY.
read the article here: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/0,1518,639661,00.html
and also here find some Videos, the first one here shows a realy impressive App for iPhone 3GS:
New York Nearest Subway augmented Reality App for iPhone 3GS from acrossair
I definitely think that more people should come up with useful things like this one, and at the same time make it look absolutely breathtaking. Who said that things can´t be useful and pretty at the same time?
Fontplore Showreel from Mphasize on Vimeo.
Projectpage here: http://www.fontplore.org/
awesome facade projection…
555 KUBIK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.
Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Digital Media on Vimeo.
A kind of Google Earth application with physically based rendering. Data comes from Blue Marble Next Generation from Nasa Earth Observatory (the whole Earth at 500 meters per pixel).
The real time 3D OpenGL demo with a huge 3.6Gb dataset is available here: http://evasion.inrialpes.fr/~Eric.Bruneton/demo.html
source: http://www.geeks3d.com/20090729/google-earth-like-real-time-planet-rendering/
Designed by Berlin interactive artists Gunnar Green and Frederic Eyl, Aperture includes dozens of tiny aperture holes that (with a slight delay) open if there is no light and closes if there is. The result is the silhouette of passersby.
Source: http://scophy.com/2008/01/15/art-tuesdays-interactive-installation-detects-light-to-openclose/
The golden age of glass button is over. Check out the next step of Interface Design….
http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/alternative_energy must see !!
… really one of the greatest Russian product designers. Check the Website !
http://www.kibardindesign.com/default.aspx
source: http://designyoutrust.com/2009/07/14/vadim-kibardin-2/