YouCube allows visitors to engage and play with the plethora of content on YouTube in a new way. Visitors can map six YouTube videos onto a cube that can be manipulated in 3D space. As the cube rotates around, the corresponding video sounds fade in and out of audible range. Once a YouCube is completed, the creator can share their cube with friends through a permalink or browse through the database of other YouCubes.
Spore Skeletons visualizes the skeletal structures of the most popular user-created creatures from the popular computer game Spore. In the featured “augmented reality” mode, using a printed marker and a webcam, visitors can see the skeletons realistically integrated into the room with them. Spore Skeletons won the first prize in the official Spore API contest.
Chromedrones is a web-based sound toy that was commissioned for Google’s Chrome Experiments website. All the graphics and animation are created using JavaScript and the Canvas tag, showcasing the Chrome browsers fast interpreting engine. A version of Chromedrones for iPhone is currently in development.
Terre Natale is an immersive installation featuring a 360 degree data-driven animation divided into five narratives concerning the movement of people around the world. Terre Natale was created with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Laura Kurgan, and Mark Hansen. In collaboration with Jeremy Linzee, Robert Gerard Pietrusko, Stewart Smith, Michael Doherty, and Hans-Christoph Steiner.
AAAA Visuals is a custom piece of software written for a performance by the Brucknerhaus Orchestra at the Sonic Embodiments evening of the 2008 Ars Electronica festival. Fluid and organic shapes and motion are created by manipulating forces and parameters in realtime with the orchestra. Created in collaboration with Aaron Koblin.
Radiohead’s House of Cards video was shot entirely using several kinds of laser sensors. The resulting raw footage was a massive collection of points in 3D space which was used to create the video, an online 3D viewer and released open source on the Google Code website.
Torrent Raiders is a dynamic network visualization realized through the idioms and aesthetics of arcade-style video games. Driven in real-time by the activity of bit torrent swarms, Torrent Raiders takes place on the ad-hoc networks created by bit torrent users. Torrent Raiders playfully addresses issues of domestic surveillance and intellectual property by putting players in the role of a mercenary copyright enforcer, encouraging them to capture evidence against peers on torrents in order to collect bounties.
Digg Swarm is a look at the real-time activity of the popular social bookmarking website, Digg. Users are represented by yellow circles and stories on Digg are represented by larger circles containing text. As users digg stories, they both grow and created a growing web of connections that effects the overall layout. Created while working at Stamen Design.