This Friday night through Sunday at ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), I’ll be showing a new interactive sound installation entitled “A Head of View”. The work is a multi-user sound piece in networked game-space, which features a 270 degree viewport of the space (3 screens), control of one of the avatar’s body movement through the user’s own body movement (video tracking), and control of the avatars head through handling of a wireless miniature version of your own head (3D compass sensor). If you happen to be in or near Karlsruhe, Germany, I would love to see you!

Here’s the link on ZKM’s site:
http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/stories/storyReader$6703

And here’s a more complete description (pdf): http://www.zacharyseldess.com/scores/A_Head_of_View_description.pdf

best,
Zachary

Just in case anyone’s interested, here’s some footage from the ZKM installation. It’s pretty raw, better documentation will happen eventually. The software should be available soon for single-player or multi-player (LAN).

videos: http://www.vimeo.com/groups/aheadofview

best,
Zachary

No, I used the Torque Game Engine for creation of the space. Torque has extremely robust networking capabilities (supports 64+ client avatars), physics simulation, etc. I used Max to use the sensor input from the wireless head to control avatar head rotation, and I used Jitter video tracking to control movement of the avatar – so it was all behind the scenes.

best,
Zachary

Not really the same, but here’s my “thisyear” work:
http://derrickgiscloux.free.fr/video/installations/digital-washboard-en.html