Sumedecina and Graphical data fiction.
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Parallel tracking and mapping for small AR workspaces
AR in unknown scenes is always going to be difficult without a remote expert to annotate the map. Here, we restrict ourselves to finding a dominant plane in the scene, and then running simple VR/AR games on this plane: essentially, you can have little AR critters running around on your tabletop. At present, no attempt [...]
20 January 2010
You are here
I’m collecting images from around the world depicting ‘you are here’ marks or ideo locators at Flickr. I’m fascinated by this mapping in context, in particular the relationship to local physical space. This is mapping with a a point of view, and maps as direct interface to the world. The best example to date is from Seoul, where 3D cross sections of a metro station are directly related to the point at which you are looking at the map.
4 August 2006
Spatial memory at Design Engaged 2004
Here is my presentation [pdf] and presentation notes from Design Engaged 2004. Lots of pretty pictures of stickers, tags, flyposting and such. I will chip in with Dan, Adam, Matt, Molly and Fabio to say that this has been the conference highlight of the year.
15 November 2004
Art + communication 2004
The final event in the Trans-cultural mapping series of workshops was organised by RIXC in Riga, Latvia.
6 October 2004
ISEA 2004 conference
Going to ISEA on a boat between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn today. I am updating photographs here, and have been posting some event notes over at polarfront.
13 August 2004
Time that land forgot
Timo Arnall & Even Westvang.
At the Iceland inside and out workshop Even Westvang and Timo Arnall collaborated on a project looking at ways of contextualising photographs by time and geography. We chose to shift the balance of representation away from location, towards image and time. This is a summary of our ideas and process, with an initial working prototype.
30 July 2004
Photography and mapping from Afar
My piece for ‘Afar’ in Copenhagen documents the time from 27 February to 19 May 2004. It presents a linear sequence of images alongside personal maps.
28 July 2004
Iceland inside/out workshop
Currently in Reykjavik for the Trans-cultural mapping workshop.
1 July 2004
Mobile outskirts workshop
Currently in Lofoten, Norway for the Mobile outskirts workshop.
20 June 2004
Outside In
Leaving Göteborg, heading to Norway, after two days of presentations and workshops at Outside In at Röda Sten.
15 June 2004
Transcultural mapping workshops
I will be participating in the Transcultural mapping workshop in Lofoten in June. I am also participating in the ‘Loop City’ workshop at the Outside In symposium.
20 May 2004
Selected Flickr
