Visual deformation by swarm – a technique for virtual liquidization of objects + Visual Liquidizer or Virtual Merge
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Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig: Visual deformation by swarm – a technique for virtual liquidization of objects + Visual Liquidizer or Virtual Merge #1 (Installation). In: Generative Art 2014.
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This paper presents a method to apply a type of swarm simulation to generate interesting patterns of deformation that provides an experience to visitors as if their bodies were liquidized. Utilizing a combination of two different types of swarm formation algorithms, BOIDS and ANT; it is possible to focus the deformation only on the part of visitors' bodies captured by live cameras. This mechanism organizes a distribution of 2D vectors on the display area. The final image on the display is rendered using an interpolation algorithm that generates spatially smooth image in any resolution by taking an advantage of GPU power. Parallel processing by multi- core CPU is also helpful to guarantee the smooth movement and quick response for interactive installation.
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