Read this article online here Here is a link to the full PDF of my Survey of Alternative Displays: :::::::::::[download id="1421"] (Some formatting got altered when exporting to PDF and links were lost on image captions - here is the docx version as an alternative: [download id="1419"] -...
This is a simple Applescript that I used with a long running installation that required Madmapper for doing some precise mapping. More info on keeping long running installations going is here: http://blairneal.com/blog/installation-up-4evr/ This script would be used on reboot to both open your Syphon enabled app...
Optical feedback is a classic visual effect that results when an image capture device (a camera) is pointed at a screen that is displaying the camera's output. This can create an image that looks like cellular automata/reaction-diffusion or fractals and can also serve as a...
I just published an epic article over on Creative Applications detailing the use of different kinds of cameras in interactive installations. Check it out, and add any additional tips in the comments there!: http://www.creativeapplications.net/tutorials/guide-to-camera-types-for-interactive-installations/...
[gallery] (Click for versions in their full 640 x 480 glory)Playing around with old code, feedback loops and Andrew Benson's always fun optical flow shaders. Sometimes stills of unusual systems are nicer than the thing in motion...
Projection Abstraction #1 from blair neal on Vimeo. Playing with a laser pico projector, quartz composer, and some colored gels...
(no particular order) Bon Iver - Calgary (really awesome environment..love the reveal at the end) Battles - My Machines (amazingly done single shot video) Hooray For Earth - True Loves (this needs to be made into a movie) No Age - Fever Dreaming (another good single shot video) Battles -...
My demo reel of several projects I've worked on over the last few years....
Nam June Paik's Wobbulator. A documentary style video, and brief description of this famous piece of visual equipment....
The first of 4 or 5 videos that I churned out at my residency at the experimental television center. Both of these were made on my last day there...