Programmer/Engineer wanted
The Netherlands Media Art Institute is looking for a programmer or
engineer who supports and works with Mexican artist Lilia Perez Romero
on the production Frontera. Lilia Perez Romero is the new Artist in
Residence at the NIMk.
Project Description Frontera
The project is a follow-up of the Frontera project (see
http://cfisrv.finearts.uvic.ca/interactivefutures/IF07/?page_id=37). Its
main technical goal is to build an interactive video portrait using a
videobooth (to be developed) to capture such portrait. The interactive
portrait should act as a mirror to the user. When he slides his/her hand
over the screen, the portrayed subject should follow the user's hand
with his/her own hand. There is already a prototype of the portrait, but
the aim of the collaboration is to improve its performance, and to
automate the process of capturing the video and programming the
interaction. (Many of the parameters of the prototype were defined
manually).
Outline of Work
- Develop a control interface to control a camera so that the play /
record/ pause/stop/ ffw/rewind buttons are available from an on screen
graphical interface.
- Develop the necessary tracking software to follow the user's hand
movements over a 157 x 127cm screen using two firewire cameras or
through another device thus obtaining the effect of a touch screen.
- Develop a system to map the user's hand movements (in the xy plane) to
the appropriate time slice of a video that is going to be recorded
simultaneously. All videos and their associated mapping data should be
stored in such a way as to allow their fast retrieval during the booth's
"mirror" operation mode.
- If multiple computers are required, the communication system among
them should also be designed and developed.
- Design and develop a user-friendly graphic interface to setup and
calibrate the application.
- The system can be developed using PD, or any programming language such
as Java, C++, etc. The only requirement is that the problems described
above are solved.
Time and Payment
It would be ideal, if the programmer/engineer could start to work with
Lilia immediately. The NIMk can remunerate the programmer/engineer up to
an amount of 2500 Euro. Ideally s/he is based in Amsterdam or close.
Contact
If you are interested to engage in this project, or if you have further
questions, please contact Ms. Lilia Perez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call
+31622655042.
Netherlands Media Art Institute
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
http://www.nimk.nl
______________________________________________
SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe
Info, archive and help:
http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
