So, Post Presentation Roundup.

Before the presentation, I managed to modify the cube and osciloscope elements so that they too were able to be edited by entering in mathematical formulae ( yay ).  I decided that for my presentation it would be best to focus on what makes aAVis stand out from the other visuals tools out there which is this customisability. You can take one thing, and turn it into a host of other things.  Yay.

Obviously it’s still at the early stages, hence why I’ve decided to call this a prototype.  Future versions would obviously be more complicated.

It’s been a crazy last few weeks.  Don’t really have the time to sit down and write out a detailed post.  Interesting bit of news though, that small video I posted the other day caught the attention of a VJ, he wants to use it this weekend at a show! hah, obviously doesn’t know how unstable it is ;).  Still though, Cool.

 - Anthony

Ok, so we had our project presentations on monday. Boy did mine not go well. I was actually feeling a little under the weather, so I wasn’t really thinking straight, not a good start. Eventually ( after 2 hours of waiting ) I got to present. Ralf I don’t think was amazingly impressed. Here is the feedback I got from my tutors, Petra and Lorna :

“- Sounds like an interesting product
- Ralf suggested getting it up to prototype
- Looking forward to seeing what you produce, played with processing a little, and is lots of fun.
- Well presented, and understandable
- Scope needs to be considered to make sure that it is achievable”

“Interesting project - though you need to sell it more! Aiming for the casual desktop user is kinda selling it short, considering the potential it has for inclusion into club setting. How are you going to differentiate it from the others out there - why would ppl use yours over theirs? Allowing for customisation would help to push up a level - and aiming for a particular group of users (like VJ’s) would also help.”

Taking all this, and Ralf’s comments into consideration - I am actually going to be more ambitious, and I’m going to move back to my original idea. Which is a Visualisation *CONSTRUCTING* tool. Based in processing still, and still using 3d. But so the user has the ability to construt their own 3D visuals, and play with them as they see fit. Much more fun, right ?

So, I’ve sat down and gone over the preliminary details, and boy, will it be a BIG assignment. I’ve got a lot to do. I’ve roughly broken it up into four parts :

1. Audio - Analysing of Audio Stream, Returning Useable Data.
2. Creation - Creation of Shapes/Particles/Effects to be displayed
3. Display - HOW the objects are displayed. 3d, blending, blurring…etc
4. Presentation - Live mixing of saved created presets.

I’ve got to delve into a little more detail, but I think this will be the direction I will take. How complex it will all be when it’s done ? I’m not sure. But it should be an interesting journey none the less! I’m tired and a little sick, so that’s all I’m writing for now - but I’ll write again tomorrow after I get the feedback from my draft report.

- Anthony