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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...
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Mar 25, 20201 min read
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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...
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Oct 17, 20192 min read
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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...
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Aug 26, 20191 min read
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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
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Presentation
Thought I'd link my powerpoint for my capstone presentation at Bang! Festival for those who are interested. Had a great time sharing...
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Apr 19, 20191 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 29, 20191 min read
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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
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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
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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
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![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
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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
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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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