Inspired by Processing wizard flight404 and Plasma Pong, an arcade game created by Steve Taylor, artist, musician and interaction designer Memo Akten (alias memo.tv, alias Mehmet S. Akten) has put together a Processing library to solve real-time fluid dynamics simulations based on Navier-Stokes equations and Jos Stam’s approximations.
Sounds too geeky for your taste? Well, if not, then have a look at his page (links below) for further geekery ;)
But in any case have a look at the video! Nobody can resist fluid simulations, especially when controlled by an iPhone or by an iTouch pod…
There is also a HD version available for download on the Vimeo page.
Prior to the multi-touch version Memo Akten did some tests with psychedelic fluids and particles with Processing…
The people of CTRL have just updated the minipage
of their upcoming Max/Msp based real time 3D application GL-Lowrider
with the first video, showing really promising movements.
XaoS is a fast interactive fractal zoomer. You can use your mouse to navigate through many different fractal environments. There is also an autopilot function and it is possible to record your journey. In general the functionality and the possibilites are vast.
If you are new to the world of fractals, there are also animated tutorials to guide you through.
XaoS currently runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like systems and is available for free, licensed under the GPL.
The current version is 3.4 and the Mac OS interface has been completely rewritten.
This is an interesting little application and
I am sure it will make a big 2.X buzz out there in socialized interwebs.
Even if this automated service seems to do quite a good job,
I don’t think, that motion graphic artists have to worry about their jobs (The End Of Mograph),
because for perfect results in the end it always needs the human touch.
But for people who have no ideas, no time or no feeling
for slideshows with a bit more pepper than the usual ones,
this little service will come quite handy and
I’d predict, that it sure will be kind of a successful thing.
In terms of VJing, I have to say, that I have seen lots of VJs,
who’s visuals were far worse than the results that program spits out.
Especially the VJs, who have specialized in sampling footage
might be in big danger, because when you push the idea of Animoto further and
change the images to videos, no more VJ might be necessary for an average task.
This is just a logical step forward and
nothing else then a next gen audio visualizer with video footage.
From the press kit:
“Animoto is a web application that, with the click of a button,
produces videos using images and music that a user selects.
Using their patent-pending Artificial Intelligence developed
to think like an actual editor & director, the resulting video
has the emotional impact of a movie trailer and
the visual energy of a music video.”
