Following the established tradition of showcasing the State of the Art in Augmented and Mixed Reality applications, ISMAR 07 is calling for submissions of demonstrations.
The demo session is tentatively scheduled for Thursday November 15th. Demo presenters will also have one minute and two slides to draw the crowds to their demo during a Demo Fast […]
breve is a free, open-source software package which makes it easy to build 3D simulations of multi-agent systems and artificial life. Users define the behaviors of agents in a 3D world and observe how they interact. breve includes physical simulation and collision detection so you can simulate realistic creatures, and an OpenGL display engine so […]
In the beginning of the 20th Century abstractionism has been invented as a revolutionary trend in Fine Arts. The beginning of the 21st Century has just invented another revolutionary phenomenon, the Dynamic Painting. The latest innovations made it possible to place an object of the Art at a computer screen and make it not static […]
Recent research in evolutionary computation has demonstrated the ability for automatic design of engineering products. Despite these results, it is not clear if stochastic search algorithms based on random variations can reach the high complexities necessary for practical design projects. The ultimate success of search algorithms as tools for design automation is critically dependent on […]
Positive Technology Journal : Special Issue of Virtual Reality Journal
A fascinating research on search engine bots’ behaviour beautifully represented with tree graphs and animation.
Xj3D is an open source X3D browser, developer library and test environment for the X3D virtual reality and augmented reality standard.
Source: Kenneth A. Huff
The digital artist Kenneth A. Huff let me know that:
the first three works in my new Contemplations series of DVDs are available exclusively at www.kennethahuff.com (a.k.a. www.itgoesboing.com).
The works of the Contemplations series are created to serve as balance to the rapid-cut, rapid-fire nature of popular culture and the frenetic pace of contemporary […]
The following is the content of Jim Campbell’s Flash presentation on the Formula for Computer Art (found via Pierre Proske):
Formula for Computer Art
INPUT
spoken words
noise
wind
rain
temperature
touch
time
earthquake
stock markets
breath
death
number of people
position
color
movement
shape
light levels
electronic activity
radio activity
net activity
hearbeat
COMPUTER SYSTEM
INPUT INTERPRETER
ALGORITHMS (INVISIBLE)
MEMORY (INVISIBLE)
OUTPUT CONTROLLER
OUTPUT
motorized object
heat generator
rain generator
noise generator
scent generator
wind generator
moving image
sound
moving text
moving robot
dynamic lighting
dynamic graph
number display
See it online: Formula for Computer Art
The ability to collect, store, and manage data is increasing quickly, but our ability to understand it remains constant. In an attempt to gain better understanding of data, fields such as information visualization, data mining and graphic design are employed, each solving an isolated part of the specific problem, but failing in a broader sense: […]
An interesting series of quotations from Brian Eno’s book: A Year With Swollen Appendices : The Diary of Brian Eno which allows me to know more about this important artist.
Brian Eno on Generative Art Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV.
Thanks to: Fractal and Generative Arts
More on Brian Eno:
Some interesting excerpt from interview to Marius Watz, artist and curator of the Generator.x conference:
Generative art is often understood exclusively as software generated abstractions. I personally understand the term as a much broader range of strategies involving both digital and non-digital systems and processes bridging specific art traditions and media.
Generative art describes a strategy for […]
Celestino Soddu sends out an announcemnte about the Generative Art Conference:
The deadline for sending proposals (papers, posters, artworks, installations, live performances) to the 8th Generative Art Conference and Festival GA2005 was extended to 30 September.
GA2005 will be held in Italy, Milan, the 15-16-17 December 2005
For any info www.generativeart.com
Several nice Flash applets with photos, motion graphics, animations.
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(via Levitated.net)
Many traditionally trained, professional designers wonder what the next generation of computing technologies might bring to their field. At the same time, many digitally trained, professional designers feel that they have missed out on some of the cornerstones of a traditional design education. To work towards a common ground between the digital and traditional design […]
Mediamatic is a cultural institution in Amsterdam. We do exhibitions, presentations, workshops and other activities in Amsterdam and internationally. This site gives you an overview combined with news and theory. The site is edited automatically with anyMeta. It matches the topical with heritage in a sometimes fuzzy, but always surprising way. Just to get you […]
This blog is not about those machines used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It’s about software that creates software. Software to play around and have fun with.
The Generator Blog
Lots of Interactive application showing experiments in physics, collision, steering behaviours. Source code available. Nice!
Visit: Arkitus.
City University of Hong Kong is looking for the following position in the school.
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in New Media and Interactivity, School of Creative Media
City University of Hong Kong is one of eight higher education institutions directly funded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region through the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong). […]
SCALE is a monthly “local” publication about aesthetics and computation. It is distributed in print and PDF.
SCALE Journal
CGexplorer:
CGI Computer Animation, 3D Animated Movies News and Resources