Interactive

Music Technology & Creativity Education Project

January 2009 – December 2009

An interactive music application projected onto a specially constructed table, with user interactions tracked by cameras. Programmed the interactive activities and developed the graphic rendering engine for the programs running on the table. Developed for Ingenio Pte Ltd, Singapore.

Ingenio · MAX/MSP, Jitter, OpenGL, Java, C++

BlogWall

January 2007 – September 2008

Extends SMS to a new level of self-expression and public communication by combining art and poetry, letting users project animated SMS messages and even generate multilingual poetry (English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese Haiku) from their texts. Installed at iSpace Singapore Science Center and later at Kent Ridge MRT Station. Covered by Youth.SG, ChannelNewsAsia, Freshbrainz, Saatchi Gallery, and MSearchGroove.

Mixed Reality Lab · Visual Studio 2005 C++, OpenGL, Processing, PHP

Metazoa Ludens

July 2007 – September 2007

Lets pet owners engage in a revolutionary game/interaction with their pets, locally or remotely, deepening the bond between them. My contribution was hamster tracking using cameras — optimizing and improving the robustness of the existing tracking algorithms. Invited to exhibit at WIRED NextFest 2007, Future of Play Pavilion, Los Angeles.

Mixed Reality Lab · Visual Studio 2003 C++, OpenCV

MediaME

January 2007 – July 2007

An interactive video installation composed of hundreds of videos, arranged in real time to mimic the image of a person standing in front of a blue screen — forming a mosaic that shows the bidirectional relationship between people and media. Installed at iSpace, Singapore Science Center.

Mixed Reality Lab · Visual Studio 2003 C++, OpenCV

3D Video Browser

January 2008 – September 2008

Extends the work on MediaME into a novel video browser, aimed at solving existing problems in video browsing and providing a more engaging, entertaining browsing experience.

Mixed Reality Lab · Visual Studio 2005 C++, OpenGL, VLC Player