Make an interactive vj set, move freely away from the computer or make your videos reactive to the playground are some of greater desires of every VJ. In this workshop we'll introduce basic elements of Computer Vision's tecnic that let you get this goal.
Computer Vision is an informatics tecnic for analyze the movement (but not just it) in a video or webcam stream.
During the 4 days long workshop we will deal with different analysis's tecnics and how to connect it to our favorite VJ application.At the end we will realize an interactive video performance created from all participants. In order to do that an interactive table interface hardware will be available to participants
The workshop is about 4 sessions, every one about 3 hours.
PROGRAM
may 27
• Computer Vision Introduction
• First experience with Motion Tracking
• First experience with Face Tracking
may 28
• Protocols and communication
• Reactvision system: examples and application
• Make a Reactable-like system using the table interface
may 29
• Reactable Second Session
• Connecting to our favorite Vj application
may 30
• How to organize an interactive gig
• Communication system set up
• Preparing the performance
During the workshop we will use free and multiplatform software, easy to connect all VJ programs. A personal notebook is needed.