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Archives: October, 2005

slee — October 26, 2005, 5:43 pm

Stage 1 - Disassemble

In our team we have now completed stage one to disassemble an XBOX controller so we can use it for our new controller.

We now know what a solder sucker is and we have developed only MLA(Media lab Arts) style of using it.
It was certainly an experience.
Well done team

slee — , 1:11 pm

Controller Ergo

In researching the ergonomics of a controller i came accross this site: Playphoria it has some info on the ergonomics and what actual gameplay the controller gives.
Although the bit about the PS2 controllers is a bit harsh as i think that the controller does actully work.

slee — October 23, 2005, 11:33 am

Experimental Design

I have been looking at different design styles recently and i really liked the work of a guy called Niko at www.weareaiko.com his main site is this site which has really cool video work on www.abnormalbehaviorchild.com and also Ubi at www.twothings.net/ they together did the work for the Greenspace site i mentioned before. They seem [...]

slee — October 18, 2005, 12:13 am

Uncompressed

Whilst reading Digital Storytelling it mentioned a film called Uncompressed. This movie is really good it gives you the control of the movie, you get to choose who you follow in the story and if you want to change your mind when your character meets one of the other character you just click them.
Uncompressed tells [...]

slee — October 16, 2005, 12:43 pm

Rotoscoping

Here is a quick attempt with rotoscoping a footballer doing Keep Ups.
With this technique I plan to develop it so i can use it with my4D project.