interactive 3D mapping on the new Audi Q3
22.10.11 Autohaus Ostmann, Wolfhagen

We created an interactive car projection for the Audi Q3 Launch in Wolfhagen. in short: The idea was to blow into a small wind tunnel and release particles of light that reveal the car.

Our first mapping experience was on a car with a heavy setup including three beamer. We only tested it on an 1:4 paper model, that looked not exactly like the original. Arriving at the location we were very excited… but more than 72 hours without sleep, lots of work and uncountable lines of code were enough to make it a nice experience!

Audi Q3 launches with SPTAwesomeness
22.10.11 Autohaus Ostmann, Wolfhagen

11.02. – 21.02.2011 at Homebase Lounge, Berlin!

We are proud to announce that we can support the Berlinale Partys
at the Homebase Lounge for ten days! Hope to see you there!

More Infos:
here
Timetable:
here

For my computer science study at Free University of Berlin I wrote a paper (only in German) about Skeleton of Shapes via Fast Computation of Generalized Voronoi Diagrams. It’s based on Voronoi Computation Using Graphics Hardware. We only added some modifications to use this approach to get the skeleton of a contour.

Skeletons of shapes are very useful for analysing human contours and human body interaction. So we are working on an c++ addon for openFrameworks!

During the work openNI was released. A powerful framework which besides can be used for robust skeletonization in combination with range cameras (like the Kinect). Although the problem of skeletonization appears to be solved for artistic requirements, we think a lightweight solution is needed furthermore. Especially because the use of the Kinect is limited in some cases.

sptaLetters is a small demo made with openframeworks.cc – we extended a particle system by klye mcdonald and combined it with openframework’s font class. So any string can be read in and taken apart in single movable letters.

Source Code: sptaLetters.tar

This was used for our WikiLetters installation – a gift for Wikipedia’s 10th birthday bash in Berlin.

WikiLetters – our special gift for 10 years Wikipedia!
15.01.11 Homebase, Berlin

Wikipedia articles of the last 10 years sputter out of you! Through every kind of motion, whether a booty dance or simple gesture, the visitor can write texts without typing and thinking.

We use the Wikipedia API to get data out of every single Article and send it over to the software we created in c++ using openframeworks. The Kinect provides video for the software to process in form of motion. Text is converted into a particle system and single letters loosen up by motion to rebuild a reasonable sentence on the top.

WikiLetters – our special gift for 10 years Wikipedia!
15.01.11 Homebase, Berlin

It´s time to celebrate the first decade of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
We will be there too with a very special gift, an interactive installation called WikiLetters –
Hope to see you there!

Links:
Wikipedia Article
Wikimedia Blog post
Party at Homebase, Berlin

Our new site is based on WordPress, using the very nice sight theme from the guys over at WPSHOWER. A new era begins – fresh and clean with a lot more content!

JSConf.eu at HomeBase, 25/09/2010, Berlin

Finally we are able to transform human beings into nostalgic arcade bits!
Super Mario had his first contact with a naked woman, Mega-Man was beaten
up by Donkey Kong and even the Mozilla-Firefox mutated into 8-Bit.
Rumble in the Jungle, Super Mega Bros. 9, Future City 3 and Downtown Action
were the games to play!

Our first exhibition! SchattenFarbe, Stellwerk, during Kassel´s night of museums

We are proud to announce SPTA´s appearance in a white cube! Lots of energy, sweat and tears were put into “Schattenfarbe”, our new beloved child. The installation combines acoustic, visual and tangible stimuli to an interactive playground for you and your shadow. Different objects and interactions animate the shadow into a buddy with its own life.