600 node 2d mesh
600 pixels that can pull of release their neighbors

Date
06.06.2005

Usage
Drag mouse to move around, press r to randomize forces

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600 node 3d mesh
Spatial arrangement of contraction pixels

Date
07.06.2005

Usage
Drag mouse to move around, press r to randomize forces

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600 node fields
Field like arrangement of contraction pixels

Date
09.06.2005

Usage
r to randomize :: p for patterns :: i for images :: c for cycle :: s for reset :: drag mouse to rotate view

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600 node visibility fan pixels
Another form of pixel fans 06.15.2005

Date
15.06.2005

Usage
r to randomize :: p for patterns :: i for images :: c for cycle :: s for reset :: drag mouse to rotate view

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selectable shapes and contents
for comparison, includes new shapes: umbrella, flower, wings

Date
26.07.2005

Usage
Press s to go trough various pixel shapes, Press c to go trough various contents (for Pong, use q-w to play)
Left click and drag to rotate view, right click and grad to zoom in, middle click to look around

Shapes are: BoxFold, Cone, Stick, Umbrella, Flower, Wings. Contents are: Noise, Counting animation, Pong, Random, Reset

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animated fan pixels
Display counting, and simple animations

Date
24.06.2005

Usage
Drag mouse to rotate view (Left click, right for zoom, middle for pan)

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Realistic model of the installation
Modeling real rotation qualities

Date
06.11.2005

Usage
press 1,2,3 to change view (after clicking on the applet) 2,3 use mouse too look around, 3 use mouse buttons to move

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Pong Game
Hit back a ball bouncing around

Date
02.07.2005

Usage
Use the q and w keys to control the racket. Drag mouse to look around

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Interaction Controller
This applet thas been used to open up the content of the installation, so interested people can write their own. Sensor readings are displayed as tiny colored blocks, and whatever you draw in processing in the top left corner, gets displayed on the real installation.

Here you see some examples of content written by some of our friends, one by Pablo Miranda(me_color) and one by Usman Haque(trivialmachine). Download the file to see their code, and if you feel like committing something yourself, contact us, and we'll be happy to describe the system for you.

Date
04.27.2006

Usage
press 1-9, q-t to change content

Download (pgl_interaction04.zip )

The real thing
ended up looking like this.

Some photos of the exhibitions

300 pixels	Paris, Mains d'Oeuvres, partly cloudy	29.04.06
144 pixels	Paris, Mains d'Oeuvres, sunny	22.04.06
192 pixels	millenaris park, Budapest, evening	06.12.05