Re: [-empyre-] short overview - mixed reality works

["Adam Nash" <adam@yamanakanash.net>]

Hi All,
I'm guesting later this month, for the moment just enjoying the conversations,
hearing peoples' experiences and opinions.

But to answer Kathy's question, yes, John McCormick and I are developing a
realworld controller for our SL audiovisual works. It's all going very well,
we're using an arduino board with bluetooth module, which talks to a phython
script, which talks to the Second Life pieces (via the llHttpRequest function
available in LSL, SL's scripting language) and back again. It's a symbiotic
loop, rather than a simple actual-controls-virtual stream a la most game
controllers. As an artist, I recognise no distinction between actual and
virtual and don't consider it a dichotomy. Conceptually, that's easy to
manage, technically more challenging, but more on that when I have my dog day
empyre :)

Cheers,
Adam

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:21:02 +1000, Kathy Cleland wrote
> Hi Jo,
> 
> The new Turbulence projects sound great - Pierre Proske told me 
> about his Caterwaul project (a wailing wall that links a real life 
> wall with a virtual wall hosted by Ars Virtua Gallery in SL) and the 
> other projects sound interesting as well. There is great potential 
> for mixed reality works in SL beyond just re-creations or 
> remediations of RL events (of which there are many) - Like you, I 
> would love to hear about projects that link real physical spaces and 
> the virtual space of SL in a more integrated way in real-time ... i 
> am sure there must be people in this discussion who know of some 
> ...? I think Adam Nash, who is about to join the discussion is 
> working on a real-world controller for his SL artworks 
> (in collaboration with another Australian artist - John McCormick 
> from Company In Space) which will create a feedback loop between the 
> real and virtual spaces ... are you out there Adam, perhaps you can 
> comment on this.
> 
> kathy
> 
>  on a realworld
> controller for my SL artworks. It will be a symbiotic loop between
> actual/virtual space, rather than a one-way control flow.
> > Dear Christy,
> >
> >   
> >>> I'm interested in artworks that are more in line with what Andrea
> >>>       
> > Zapp calls 'networked narrative environments'...where the Net (in this case
> > SL) and other sites and the real world are brought together to create an
> > integrated artwork. I've got some I've come across but I'd love to hear of
> > any projects this esteemed list would be aware of.
> >
> > This is what we're after with "Mixed Realities." While the commissioned
> > works will only be exhibited in February 2008 (at which time there will also
> > me a "Mixed Realities" symposium... both in Boston), you can read the
> > proposals here: http://turbulence.org/comp_07/awards.html
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jo
> >
> > Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
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> > Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
> > Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade 
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> >
> >
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