We were very pleased to work with Tangible Interaction Inc. on many projects at the past Olympics. Tangible Interaction created these fantastic projects and Intellijel Designs contributed a variety of electronic and computer based solutions.
Contributions by Intellijel Designs include:
Origami Tree (Vancouver House Pavillion): Coding, electronics and system design of the Origami Tree. It used individually adressable RGB LED modules from Macetech, a custom DMX interface and algorhythmic control software written in Processing. The system also received OSC commands over ethernet in order to interact with another tactile installation at the site.
Light Sticks (BC Pavillion/ Vancouver Art Gallery): A beautiful array of glass tubes with rgb led modules on the tops and bottoms of each tube. Each stick and lights were individually controlled by a computer running a series of different alogrithmically generated patterns. The system electronics were simmilar to the ones used in the Origami Tree
Screenshots of the control software I made in processing:
Digital Gateway / Interactive Wall (Robson Square):
This project was a by Vancouver based web/flash developers Switch Interactive to transform a 110ft hallway into an interactive digital experience. 15 short throw projectors were used to create a wall of continuous interactive animations with sound. Intellijel Designs worked with Tangible Interaction to create a bank of PIR motion sensors used to detect movement of people along the wall. The sensor triggers were processed by a single pc running a custom max/msp patch which then sent OSC commands to Flash.
The Digital Gateway at the 2010 Commerce Centre from Switch United on Vimeo.
Zygotes (Closing Ceremonies): One of Tangible Interactions most famous and brilliant creations. I have been very happy to have been involved with coding some of the functionality over the years of their use. Below is a photo of them being launched into the crowd during the closing ceremonies.
Seeds of Truce (Vancouver Public Library): timing controller for blower mechanism (used to elevate the "seeds" in the tube)
Photos of the installation here.
