programmers are way cooler than musicians, by geert bevin
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Programmers are the wizards of our age. We weave the fabric of the modern society, tell the stories and bring dreams to life. Geeks are ruling the world of today and programmers make it all happen. The uninitiated marvel at what we accomplish without an inkling about how everything comes to fruition. Many centuries ago, musicians held a similar role in society but today they have lost that grasp on the world. Programmers are in an unprecedented position in which we can not only make a good living, but fuel our work with passion, creativity, collaboration, innovation, and forward thinking. Programmers can make a significant difference in a world that is truly our oyster, and that is worth celebrating. Recording for the slides from GeekOut 2013 on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/69631185TRANSCRIPT
Programmers are way coolerthan musicians
Geert Bevin
Musicians narrate with sound
Programmers create new realities
Second Life
Burning Man Festival
Burning Man Festival
Burning Man Festival
Burning Man Festival
blink(1)
Open-source programmable USB Light
IFTTT + blink(1) = net bliss
Where’s Daddy?
Eigenharp
The most expressive electronic instrument ever made
Expressiveness vs. Technology
The EigenKey
• 11 bits resolution over 0.9 mm of travel
• 400 nm of real resolution, which is the width of a bacteria
• Read at 500 μS, a 2 kHz rate per axis, a 6kHz rate per key
• Data rate is preserved from end to end
Data rate it preserved from end to end
That’s like a retina screenfor 3D touch sensors
The blank canvas
Create possibilitiesProvide new rules
Don’t restrict
Multi-touch instruments(or how different rules challenge protocols)
Per-note synthesis
Traditional MIDI designed for31.25 kBaud ~ 1kHz of messages
High-speed MIDI ~ 400x faster
Eigenharp
iConnectMIDI
EigenD with audio plugins
Firewire Audio Interface
USB Hub
Camera Connection Kit
USB Optical Audio
audio digital/analogiPad
WaveGenerator, Animoogexpression data or MIDI
Total kludge to set up,but opens an entirely new world
Time for protocols to change
Human body interaction
Human body interface
Leap Motion Controller
• 10µm of real resolution
• 5x less accurate than Eigenharp, 200x more than Kinect
• Adaptive sample rates: 60-300 hz, defaults to 120 hz
• Data rate is preserved from end to end
Latency just below gesture threshold, barely noticeable
New interaction rulesNew user interface
New protocols
10 thousand free developer units
Figure out the possibilities together
Geco
Multi-dimensional MIDI expression through hand gestures
Think of medical applications
So much is going on!
Don’t be afraidExperimentCollaborate
Put the soul in a machine
Change the world