Kinect Hacks

Elective - Kinect Hacks

1 quarter / 8 weeks / 2 hours per week

Teachers

Olivier Otten
Brigit Lichtenegger

Format

Students work in groups of max. 5 people.

For each assignment the group delivers: - Textual description of the the concept (+/- 1 A4) - Visual research, sketches - Cast, who is responsibale for what? - Short video registration of the prototype / end result (each group is responsible for filming and editings of their finished works)

The documentations described above is required to be assessed.

Assignment 1 – Transformation

Choose a subject Pick a topic where a clear change / transformation occurs. Make use of both conceptual and visual contrasts; conceptual: poor/rich, left/right (political), village/city. visual: black/white, small/big, hard/soft.

On the basis of the chosen topic, you make a visualization per group in the form of an image sequence. This sequence can be; photographed, filmed, drawn, etc.

Via an existing template (which can be customized per group), the image sequence is connected to the Kinect. The transformation happens by body movements of the user.

Duration 3 weeks: week 1: Introduction Kinect. (connecting, drivers, plugins, scripting) + discussing the assignment week 2: conceptdevelopments / create prototype week 3: presentation prototype

References: http://www.kinecthacks.com/ Interactive Display Window Concept http://vimeo.com/18499643 Nike Selfridges http://vimeo.com/60156741

• About the Kinect
• Getting the Kinect to work with Processing