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Adding video into the (real)time domain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 1996
Abstract
The use of video as a performance medium, concentrating on interactive digital video used synchronously with realtime interactive audio, is outlined. Specifically, the author's experiments with realtime video in Macromind Director and in Opcode's Max are explored, working with motion-sensing systems in performance environments. A number of experimental pieces using sonic and visual environments driven by realtime motion-sensing performance systems are described, using Max to re-map incoming sensing data and using Macromind Director to control MIDI sequences, digital sound files, and digital video in realtime. Some of the compositional challenges presented by realtime systems are also explored, particularly the compositional issues arising from the addition of video into the (real)time domain. The author's current work in the development of a CD-ROM published in 1996 is also explored. The CD-ROM attempts to provide a genuine degree of interaction significantly more sophisticated than the usual point-and-click navigation, allowing the viewer a degree of creativity in his or her interaction with the material.
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