work plan - thesis

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work plan

concept

We are currently in a state of constant connection to other people. It is however limited to a mostly screen based, 2D experience with video + voice.

This project is about exploring alternative ways for telecommunications. This is done by using input that is generally not transferred via internet / as a stream of data.

It’s about feeling someones’ presence without being physically close. By using body heat as a source of data our presence can be extended beyond the reach of our physical surroundings.

Data is gathered via. a heat sensing camera.

The camera picks up our body temperature and position relative to the model. The data is then processed by a computer before it is projected back onto the model. The installation consists of two heat reactive models to enable two - way - communication.

To process the data it uses custom software developed with Openframeworks, an opensource toolkit for creative coding.

how it works Heat sensor camera picks up our body heat and position relative to the model. Processed through an Arduino Uno.

The data from the Arduino is imported into the openframeworks application.

Each panel on the model corresponds to a group of pixels.

The openframeworks application calculates the average temperature of each of these groups.

Each groups’ temperature value is then projected back onto the model represented through color.

work sch Mar * Experiment Prototype Final project setup

* not with different projects like last semester, but variations of one project.

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