christianmeinke.com » Research http://www.christianmeinke.com Personal blog, playground and activity aggregator Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:15:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 OpenSound Control (OSC) Resources http://www.christianmeinke.com/2009/05/26/opensound-control-osc-resources/ http://www.christianmeinke.com/2009/05/26/opensound-control-osc-resources/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:21:09 +0000 CM http://www.christianmeinke.com/?p=583 OSC related software, libraries and interfaces for mobile devices]]> I’m currently researching for possible interfaces and options to send and receive data from/to processing and java projects as well as Max/Msp patches. Currently I’m focussing on input devices connected via wireless (mobile devices) and usb/serial connections but also on software-to-software interfaces linking between the programming environments mentioned above.

Java & Processing

  • NetUtil OSC Library for Java Compact and efficient java library for sending and receiving messages using the OpenSound Control (OSC) protocol
  • MaxLink Java libraries enabling communication between Processing (Java) and Max/MSP (made quite good experiences connecting Java applications with Max (4.x & 5) patches. Recommended!)
  • oscP5 OSC implementation for the programming environment Processing
  • OSC communication between Max and Processing (triggered by Midi controller) Tutorial by Ash Oakenfold

Mobile (input) Devices

  • Mrmr for the iPhone/iPod Touch mrmr is an open-source research project to develop a standardized set of protocols and syntax conventions to control live installations and multimedia performances via mobile devices (demo video on youtube)
  • TouchOSC iPhone / iPod Touch application that lets you send and receive Open Sound Control messages
  • OSCemote Remote control application for the iPhone and iPod Touch (check the examples)
  • OSCulator Another software linking controllers to music and video software
  • oscpack Set of C++ classes for packing and unpacking OSC packets

Misc.

If you like to recommend projects or resources that are not listed below, drop a comment. Any recommendations and helpful hints are much appreciated.

]]> http://www.christianmeinke.com/2009/05/26/opensound-control-osc-resources/feed/ 3 Drawing And Gesture Recognition http://www.christianmeinke.com/2008/07/11/drawing-and-gesture-recognition/ http://www.christianmeinke.com/2008/07/11/drawing-and-gesture-recognition/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:32 +0000 CM http://www.christianmeinke.com/?p=107 rough idea/concept followed by a brief collection of related readings and projects]]> Just a few days ago I bought a tiny little graphic tablet as I was crossing one of these super slick technology stores on my way home. More out of curiosity for it’s utility as an input device than with a particular reason or purpose in mind, I started simple drawing sketches using common illustration software and one of the first things that popped up was Gesture and Gesture recognition.

After playing around with my new ‘toy’ for a while, I was really impressed by the compelling aesthetic of my “human random” drawings and started thinking about a software that uses the movement of the pen and resulting gestures as input for generative and/or interactive bezier and shape compositions. What might sound as a simple drawing tool at the first glance is meant to be an environment for hand-drawn forms and structures that manipulate and extend itself over time – driven by the gestures made during it’s creation.

This rough concept/idea may sound a bit confusing or abstruse in the beginning, but could become an interesting basis for further experiments. The handdrawn sketches illustrating this post are displaying the intended aesthetic quite well and should give a first visual impression of the idea outlined above.

Listed below you’ll find a list of online ressources that crossed my way during a first research for Gesture & Gesture Recognition (Any recommendations are welcome):

Theory

Code & Programming

Misc.

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Feel free to complete the listing below or to post own projects using the comment field.

Related processing work and projetcs

Research/Theory

Example code/live applets

Sound Libraries for Processing

]]> http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/06/17/sound-analysis-in-processing/feed/ 2 Wiimote Communication http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/04/10/wiimote-communication/ http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/04/10/wiimote-communication/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:54:57 +0000 CM http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/04/10/wiimote-communication/ Nintendo's Wii controller as an input device for Processing and Max/Msp]]> Since a few weeks I’m following several blogs and discussions about using the Wii controller (aka. Wiimote) for triggering/manipulating software/hardware devices and Processing applications in particular.
This post is supposed to be a rough anthology of related links and resources that could become useful for further attempts to integrate the bluetooth and infrared based controller into design and interaction concepts.

Processing related

Max/Msp related

Misc. Audio & Video

]]> http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/04/10/wiimote-communication/feed/ 9 Fractal And Lindenmeyer Systems http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/03/29/l-system-and-fractal-research/ http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/03/29/l-system-and-fractal-research/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:42:50 +0000 CM http://www.christianmeinke.com/2007/03/29/l-system-and-fractal-research/ fractals, L-systems and the modelling of morphology in organisms]]> Inspired by by a post on Processingblogs.com I started some research about fractals and L-Systems in particular.
“An L-system is a formal grammar most famously used to model the growth processes of plant development, though able to model the morphology of a variety of organisms. L-systems can also be used to generate self-similar fractals such as iterated function systems. …” source: Wikipedia.org

Useful links and resources

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Collecting useful resources which can serve as a starting point for further investigation and research…

  • Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound
  • The board for Processing (BETA)
  • Processing hacks is an effort to document some of the trickier and more advanced topics that Processing users are stumbling across as they gain experience and cross-fertilise their work with other platforms, languages and libraries
  • del.icio.us – All items tagged processing.org
  • CodeTree, a social networking community created to bring new media artists, programmers, and students using Adobe Flash and Proce55ing together
  • Generatorx.no – Generator.x is a conference and exhibition examining the current role of software and generative strategies in art and design
  • Code & Form is a blog supporting the coding and teaching activities of Marius Watz
  • Processingblogs.org aggregates blogs about Processing from around the world
  • v3ga – Bits and Blobs
  • toxi.in.process processing related bloggings
  • Setpixel is a collection of articles written by a small group of like-minded individuals. General focus: interactive installations, aesthetics through computation, reactive experiments and creative computer vision
  • Libraries – Extending Processing beyond graphics and images…
  • Gestalt – an open structured environment, designed to prototype and develop OpenGL- and Java-based sketches and applications
  • Handbuch der Java-Programmierung (german only)
  • Gestalten Mit Code – Programming basics course by Dennis Paul
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