Workbook

First off, many many thanks to everybody who submitted. Matt & I received lots photos and are really impressed by the quality of the photos! It was pretty difficult to finally decide on a winner, but here ya go:

& the winner is:

(Please click on the photos to view full size… these thumbnails don’t really do the photos justice)

Photo was shot by Jason Eppink. IOU $50, buddy.

What a beauty! Crisp, bright, and nicely saturated. Matt and I also liked how it gave a good sense of size while still managing to evoke what it feels like to be standing there seeing the whole thing.

I’d also like to post a few of the many others that were also being considered for the prize:

This was shot by Tim Szetela. Tim had an entire set of very high quality photographs (and a number of videos of the animations).

This cool little animated gif was done by Corey Menscher. Gives a good sense of space & depth. (you have to click through to see the animation).

And lastly:

Matt Parker (the other guy on this project) took this shot. Looks good. He wasn’t actually considered for the prize money, but I figured I’d share this photo w/ you all anyhow. : )

Thanks again!

Hey all!

Think this is cool?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S97qgnNWhCg[/youtube]

Then you’d be interested to know that colleague Matt Parker and I built one that’s roughly 8 feet tall, 10 wide, and 8 deep.  We were initially going to just document it for ourselves, but construction went so quickly we found we had some extra time to do a little exhibiting.

So if you wanna see a room-sized volumetric renderer, the exhibition is open at ITP Thursday and Friday from 7:00 – 10:00.

Additionally, in the interest of getting some awesome photos, $50 and a props in the blog goes to whoever sends me the best photo of the event!

Directions to ITP:

Take the RW to 8th or the 6 train to Astor Place.
4th floor of 721 Broadway (south of 8th st, btn Waverly & Washington).

So Spatial Computing made a bit of a splash in the AR community, and I’ve been getting some really great feedback from a lot of people.  In fact, I even got invited to talk about the work at arconf!

http://america.arconf.com/2010/speakers/

It’s a 10 minute talk – so I’m trying to really pare down what I need to talk about.  I’ve brain stormed a lot of stuff that can’t possibly fit into 10 minutes — here are a few things I want to cover:

• A clear definition of Spatial Computing, and how it is related to AR
• Some way to demonstrate how this interface paradigm operates
• The culture of the screen — and how it interfaces with the human body
• The culture of 3d (dance, theater, etc…) and what tools we can borrow
• How to use 3d composition and narrative design to evoke visceral emotions in a human body
• Why AR companies should be hiring dancers
• How to approach 3d as a creative medium, and why approaching 3d from 2d is simply wrong
• Where VR is today and how it got there

I think my next step (after a site redesign… bout half way done…) is building / collecting visual material and physical gestures to help demonstrate what I’m talkin about.