Produced by Steve Mann, Connor Dickie and Chris Aimone, this video showcases our first attempt at making something interesting from the vast library of giga-pixel inverse-holographic video we have taken over the last 5 years of the construction of the new AGO.
Consider this video just a “quick hack” as Steve Mann’s patented “virtual camera” system allows us to do so much more than just linear video. If we can find the funding and time, we plan to put together a project that really exploits the content that we have, like large-scale holograms, interactive VR scene, Omnimax projection…
All these are possible with this awesome camera setup.
Here’s a frame from the video. You can see me as a Cop, and Nikki Awesome as Nikki Awesome. It was super fun to film this. I hope I get more chances to do things like this while I’m in Toronto!
STUPENDOUS. WE CONGRADULATE YOU ON CRACKING THIS **TEST ENCRYPTION. VISIT WWW.FBI.GOV/CODED.HTM TO LET US KNOW OF YOUR SUCCESS.
Am I the first to crack this? Google seems to think so. Will I be the recipient of an FBI home-invasion tomorrow morning (they now have my IP address)?
~UPDATE. I think I’m the second to crack this and post it for all to see. The other guy beat me by about 12 minutes.
The World’s Premier Conference for Young People
Changing the World brought together the world’s greatest visionaries to inspire young people to innovate and better our world. The topics covered included: technology, science, design, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and the arts. Among this year’s speakers were:
1 Nobel Peace Prize winner (for stopping nuclear war)
1 Star designer
1 Architect designing Asia’s tallest building
12 Entrepreneurs
1 Giller prize winning author
2 Internet millionaires
1 Engineer who creates $100 laptops for developping nations
1 Girl who was curing Alzheimer’s at age 15
1 Girl who gave British young people the power to vote
1 Scientist who stops human aging
1 Guy who created Mac OS X
9 Technologists
1 Futurist creating blob computers
… and more.
The Format
Each speaker was given 18 minutes to deliver their epic talk. Every attendee had the same experience. One day of rapid fire inspiration.
Innovation for All
As a non-profit organization, we want to provide a world-class conference to all students regardless of their age, financial background, and past leadership experiences. We believe that every student should be given the opportunity to be inspired and to learn from some of the world’s most fascinating people.
Well we did it - the Changing the World conference was a huge success! With over 1300 attendees and 15 amazing speakers we have established ourselves as THE conference for emerging youth leaders in art, science and business. A special thank you goes out to all who helped. Keep an eye out for myself (Connor Dickie), Justin Lee, Sylvia Cheng and Doug Wightman, because we are doing it again next year and it’s going to be even bigger and better!
I collaborated with Jacky Lee while in Taiwan on this interactive TV project as part of our ongoing research into interactive and emotionally-reactive television. It was installed at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the 2007 Animamix Biennial.
