i’m a student, i also do graphic work (design and illustration) and make music. i have an interest for natural human-computer interfacing more on the design front, than on my musical endeavours. still, i am in the process of making a small multi-touch interface without visual feedback (no projector) for use as a controller in my daw software.
more ambitious projects are a multi-touch surface (di, for fiducials) and maybe a ftir panel later on.
earlier on, i thought of making a ftir surface that i could later upgrade to di… but right now i think it’s best to take advantage of the fact that ftir doesn’t need a box, so for the ftir project i am thinking of something along the lines of the nor_/d touchkit, in terms of set-up.
the goal for my di project is to have a reasonably sized surface that can be disassembled and packed in a large flightcase. considering the weight of the walls of di box, this is proving to be a challenge, but not impossible. portability is sort of an issue for me.. since i can pack my music studio in flightcases i’d like to do the same for the mt surfaces. i’m lucky to have my girlfriend’s (she’s a sculptor) skills in carpentry to help me. in that regard, her extensive knowledge of all things silicone is also making my life a bit easier.
regarding software, i am starting out with c++ and openframeworks and look forward to using seth sandler’s port of touchlib to of. i attended a processing workshop by marius watz a few years ago and did some very basic stuff with macromedia director before that, but other than that (even including that) i am a complete novice. i have also recently taken interest in blender 3d, after learning maya a few years ago in school.
looking forward to being active in this community and helping out in any ways my present skill set (graphic design, illustration, music production, some motion graphics) can be useful to others.
cheers
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a few links to my stuff @ http://www.squerk.org ... the portfolio is old, blog and flickr are more recent
