Hello Slot online everyone! My name is Thai Dao, I’m from Vietnam, and I am pursuing a degree in IMGD at WPI. As a kid I developed a great love for video games and that is where I learned most of my English. I was fascinated by the world that game developers created and as…
Nick Sorensen – Short Bio and Artworks
Hi, My name is Nick Sorensen. I’m a senior studying Robotics Engineering with a double major in Electrical and Computer Engineering. My experience with digital and traditional art is fairly limited. Most of my digital art experience has been here at WPI in the 3D modeling and animation classes. I used to have much more free…
Jarod Romankiw – Autobiography
Hello World! I’m Jarod Romankiw. I am a junior studying aerospace engineering here at WPI. While my career goals are set with engineering, my passion and love for the arts are strong as a hobby. I’ve explored these passions through photography, graphic design, and video production. I’ve always treated these activities as fun, and something I…
Isaiah Fleischer – Assignment 1, Short Bio and Artworks
Hi All, I’m Isaiah! While I may be pursuing a career in engineering, I’ve always had an artistic side. I’ve enjoyed drawing and making clay sculptures since I was a little kid, but I’ve never taken it too seriously. I took a few art classes in high school, ranging from digital art to darkroom photography….
Biography
Hello! My name is Joshua Galang, I’m a Computer Science senior at WPI. I specialize in a lot of digital art and 3D modeling, as well as graphic design and animation. Programming wise I’ve taken a few courses for computer graphics, but I haven’t had much experience with hardware. Creativity-wise, I would love more experience…
Kaiju Video Smasher – Final Prop
After the paint has dried and everything checked out, I took a few pictures of the flexible building prop. Lastly, here’s a video of the entire system in action:
Kaiju Video Smasher – Prop Assembly
For the flex sensor controller, a flexible foam shell in the shape of a building would pull the project together in terms of concept. Having the user smash a small building to make a film-monster smash an entire city creates a firmer connection between action and result. The actual assembly of the foam building started…
Kaiju Video Smasher: Software Dev 2
The last piece of the controller puzzle is now left to puredata. I need to parse the incoming serial stream from the arduino and run those values into the videoFilePlayer object that was created in the first video tutorial. Serial Parsing This bit took me the longest to get working. There are lots of serial…
Kaiju Video Smasher – Software Dev 1
With the general idea for the patch decided and the sub components outlines, it’s time to start patching. Starting the project. I have all the hardware I think I’ll need with me. A flex sensor My arduino with protoboard and prototype shield Access to an old ECE kit full of resistors and such After doing some quick…
Sample Project 2: Kaiju Video Smasher
Kaiju is a Japanese word that means “strange beast,” but often translated in English as “monster”. ~ Wikipedia – Kaiju This project aims to give users the ability to control the playback of public-domain segments of Japanese monster films using a foam model of a high-rise building. In the end the final installation should provide…