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Future applications for C.H.I.M.I.R.A.


Performance Idea - Umbrella
Short blurb here: but it'd be lovely to have a #dancer with a coloured #umbrellas create music. With #gestural tracking, you could even...
andreahywong
Mar 24, 20201 min read


Introducing... TRACI!
CHIMIRA had a baby, and its name is TRACI (TRAcking-Color Interface)! Dr. Bob had a few suggested upgrades for CHIMIRA that involved...
andreahywong
Oct 17, 20192 min read


TaSTE Collab: KiCASS + CHIMIRA Part 2
Some exciting new updates! We've got one kick-ass chimera! ;) Using code from CHIMIRA to refactor KiCASS code to incorporate...
andreahywong
Aug 26, 20191 min read


Research Collaboration with TaSTE (Tracking And Smart Textiles Environments) Part 1
So excited to be working with Dr. Bob on his TaSTE project! He's interested in using CHIMIRA's colour-tracking functions with the...
andreahywong
May 23, 20191 min read


Presentation
Thought I'd link my powerpoint for my capstone presentation at Bang! Festival for those who are interested. Had a great time sharing...
andreahywong
Apr 19, 20191 min read


LEGO, leggo!
Had to arrange for my old #toys to get into the city since I moved out for university but they’ve arrived! These #LEGO duplo #blocks...
andreahywong
Mar 26, 20191 min read


What's in a node?
This week I looked into the Max [nodes] object. Haven't confirmed exactly how I want to use it for my coloured objects but more...
andreahywong
Mar 17, 20193 min read


Lights, Camera, Action!
It was quite a productive day with Dr. Hamel today! Lights: Still searching for the optimal light source... Since the single LED...
andreahywong
Mar 7, 20192 min read


Starting on MIRA!
Time to get started on the hardware parts of CHIMIRA! Introducing M.I.R.A (Motion-Image Relaying Apparatus) or... the beginnings of it...
andreahywong
Mar 6, 20191 min read


Playing with poly~
Wow, today was such a productive day! Dr. Hamel and I worked on creating a module that will play a sample correlated with each colour and...
andreahywong
Feb 14, 20192 min read


We have sound!
Started making a sample player #module! It's far from perfect but we have #sound! Pink and Red are working well! #happyvalentinesday It'd...
andreahywong
Feb 12, 20191 min read


Let there be light!
Considering lighting options for a controlled environment. I've started thinking of what light sources to use for CHIMIRA. It's been...
andreahywong
Jan 30, 20191 min read


M.I.R.A. is on the way!
The Microsoft LifeCam Cinema HD auto-focusing seemed like it was going to cause some trouble with colour tracking objects if my hands...
andreahywong
Jan 28, 20191 min read


Multiple Instances of 1 Colour
Dr. Hamel and I explored the possibilities of tracking multiple instances of the same colour today. Right now, we have the centre...
andreahywong
Jan 26, 20191 min read


One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Onto tracking more than one fish! I mean... colour! Since the abstraction is more or less done, putting it together to track several...
andreahywong
Jan 12, 20191 min read


Tracking can be Abstract(ed)
After deciding to replace [suckah] with another method of color tracking, it's onto making #abstractions to track more than one color!...
andreahywong
Jan 11, 20191 min read
![Bye-bye [suckah]!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b40f49_cf23ee7d9cbe44b68e1b3d1589ab8b1c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/b40f49_cf23ee7d9cbe44b68e1b3d1589ab8b1c~mv2.webp)
![Bye-bye [suckah]!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b40f49_cf23ee7d9cbe44b68e1b3d1589ab8b1c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/b40f49_cf23ee7d9cbe44b68e1b3d1589ab8b1c~mv2.webp)
Bye-bye [suckah]!
Dr. Hamel and I met up for Week 2 and discovered the [suckah] object was not working properly just on my computer. It seems that others...
andreahywong
Jan 10, 20192 min read


Fixing jit.findbounds parameters...
Turns out I forgot I stripped out my image of all its color to only produce white when the selected colour was present! So instead of...
andreahywong
Jan 9, 20191 min read


How does one track a rainbow?
Step 1: get MaxMSP to start color-tracking objects! Had my first check-in for my #capstone project today: Dr. Hamel and I discussed how...
andreahywong
Jan 3, 20191 min read
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