Rethink Drawing: A New iPad Interface Recalls the Ruler, Compass, 1963′s Sketchpad
What should computer graphics look like? How should drawing on a virtual screen work? They're questions we take for granted now not so much because we've found every optimal solution, but because we've grown accustomed to certain habits. Nothing against Adobe Creative Suite, but that tool would never have been possible ... read more.
Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming Proposal is Actually Pretty Cool, But it Needs Partners
It takes two to tango, and lots of people for a line dance. Yes, as the rest of the Web has noticed, Apple has just proudly touted the fact that it's streaming its own press event in a format only people with the latest Apple devices can actually watch. Even Mac ... read more.
Powerful 3D Tech, Housebroken: Unity, OpenFrameworks, Blender, Dog in Action
Sniff from karolina sobecka on Vimeo. Right on cue, after mentioning that game engines like Unity can become powerful tools for live and interactive visuals -- not just digital "games" in the conventional sense -- here's an example, via the Unity Twitter feed. SNIFF, by Karolina Sobecka with software development by ... read more.
Hands-on Visuals, Literally: MIDI Glove + Modul8
STOPMOTION 2.0. Controlado en directo por sensores from Rubén Fernández on Vimeo. Madrid-based artist Rubén Fernández sends along his most recent project, which layers stop motion video with novel live control. The material itself is composed of stop motion footage produced with everyday materials, most notably beer and soda cans. The ... read more.
Apple-Centric Observers Get the Facts Wrong: H.264 Still Ain’t Free
CC-BY-NC-SAFrancesco Lodolo. Addendum to the previous story: an "end user" and an "application" are not the same thing. Watching comments from some users dumping on Firefox and Opera because they don't understand this is painful. Watching it come from journalists is even more so. There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding ... read more.
Editorial: MPEG LA Extends Royalty-Free License for H.264, Sorta – But Not Much Changes
The good news: a lot of "broadcast" Internet video is free forever on AVC and H.264. The bad news: everything else still costs money, not much else changes, and you can expect the next battle will be a protracted patent debate. Whee! Photo (CC-BY) Bill Jacobus. MPEG LA, the group that ... read more.
Android Tablets from Samsung, Others Could Offer Free Software Challenge to iPad
Tab. Delicious. I want the Toshiba Mr. Pibb, myself, however. Photo (CC-BY) Joe Shlabotnik / Peter Dutton. Samsung today teased their upcoming Samsung GALAXY Tab tablet. The mention of "Tab" is forever in my own mind linked to my grade school gym teacher (it was her favorite snack, alongside jelly doughnuts). ... read more.
Visualist Controllers: Codanova’s Drool-Worthy V64, Beer-proof Active8
Somehow in May, I missed the introduction of Codanova's VMX V64. With a huge jog wheel in the center, button grid, and lots of faders and knobs, it presents an interesting, visualist-friendly MIDI controller alternative to Livid's Ohm64. Like the Ohm64, it takes the square button trigger design cue from ... read more.
Le Pixophone: Pinhole Photos Made into Visual Performance, Built with Free Software Pd
Pinhole photos date back to the genesis of photography, but artist Pierre-Olivier Boulant is re-imagining them as digital media. Working with custom, hand-built control hardware and software patched in the free visual development environment Pure Data (Pd), he composes live performances from the photos, working with musicians ... read more.
Interactive Architecture: Behind the Scenes with Modular, Proximity-Sensing Display Tiles
prettyugly from madbutter on Vimeo. Brooklyn-based interactive artist Robert Stratton writes to share his interactive, modular LED display system, currently on view through the end of August in a window on 53rd Street in Manhattan, between 5th and 6th across from the Museum of Modern Art. The project uses proximity sensors ... read more.
