Despite a few minor issue that will be addressed during the next days, no major problems came up and the installation works just fine. The dates for the final presentation are the 6th and the 7th of June.
About Me
- Clemens Anzmann
- I'm a creative and lean coder and a hobby musician who's passionate about data and creating interactive experiences. Born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, former multimedia student at the Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland and received a Master Honours Degree at Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany in Media Direction in 2014. Now happily working for DataShaka in the heart of London.
Monday 4 June 2012
StarSound in Action
The StarSound installation is finished for presentation and was set up in Blackrock Castle Observatory for three days so people could interact with it. All the visitors gave very positive feedback about the experience and really seemed to enjoy the installation.
Despite a few minor issue that will be addressed during the next days, no major problems came up and the installation works just fine. The dates for the final presentation are the 6th and the 7th of June.
Despite a few minor issue that will be addressed during the next days, no major problems came up and the installation works just fine. The dates for the final presentation are the 6th and the 7th of June.
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Installation Setup @BCO
The installation itself has been set up for the first time. It is running fairly well, however a lot of adjustments still have to be addressed. The star field is now being projected onto the castle wall, which makes it a little blurry, but also adds a certain style.
The technology such as the computers and cables still has to be hidden somehow. Still missing is also the fake data visualization as the interaction supporting visuals from the eMac on the floor. Both will hopefully be finished by tomorrow.
The technology such as the computers and cables still has to be hidden somehow. Still missing is also the fake data visualization as the interaction supporting visuals from the eMac on the floor. Both will hopefully be finished by tomorrow.
Sunday 27 May 2012
Project Website
A small project website has been created and launched today, showing some media and information about the StarSound Project. It can be viewed here:
http://starsound.clemens-anzmann.de
http://starsound.clemens-anzmann.de
Thursday 24 May 2012
Artwork
Some artworks and design have been created for the StarSound Project for promotional and demonstration purposes. A still and an animated logo, as well as an icon are now giving the project a face and a design.
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Exhibition Demo
The Demo application for the exhibition is slowly coming towards the end. Despite the connection to the telescope, the sketch controlling Stellarium and changing the visuals for the data stream is finished. The last thing to do is to adjust the resolution of the visualization sketch to the resolution of the screen that will be used during the exhibition.
For the telescope connection, all adjustments are made on the software side and it should work just fine, however the suitable adapter is still missing. The Meade #507 cable seems to be hard to get, as it would have to be shipped from abroad and probably would not arrive in time.
For the telescope connection, all adjustments are made on the software side and it should work just fine, however the suitable adapter is still missing. The Meade #507 cable seems to be hard to get, as it would have to be shipped from abroad and probably would not arrive in time.
Sunday 20 May 2012
MEADEN ETX70 connection
After having set up the MEADEN ETX70 telescope, first difficulties came up quickly. The motor and the control via the MEADEN remote called Autostar works just fine, however, when trying to connect the telescope to a computer, one has to realize that consumer telescope technology is not really using latest standards and is far behind in terms of connection plugs. A special adapter has to be purchased for the ETX70, to be able to connect it via a serial port.
This adapter alone makes sure to come out of the telescopes remote plug with a serial plug. Additionally then, a second adapter is necessary from serial to USB, as no machine has serial ports anymore. Without those adapters, there is no way to control the telescope through the computer. Also, the motor of the telescope is fairly loud and can be quite annoying over time. The use of this device for demonstration on the final year exhibition starts to become questionable.
This adapter alone makes sure to come out of the telescopes remote plug with a serial plug. Additionally then, a second adapter is necessary from serial to USB, as no machine has serial ports anymore. Without those adapters, there is no way to control the telescope through the computer. Also, the motor of the telescope is fairly loud and can be quite annoying over time. The use of this device for demonstration on the final year exhibition starts to become questionable.
Thursday 17 May 2012
Telescope Presentation
For the Final Year Exhibition in the Cork School of Music, a small space will be set up to show and demonstrate the possibilities and the functionality of the installation at Blackrock Castle Observatory. For this purpose, a small optical telescope with motor control will be connected to a computer and possibly the Microsoft Kinect, to show the idea behind the Kinect-Telescope interaction. The telescope used will be a MEADE ETX 70.
Since the exhibition is inside, it won't be possible to actually look through the telescope. However, the telescope is almost constantly moving anyway and only suits a demonstration purpose. The motor runs on batteries, so sufficient batteries have to be purchased before the start of the exhibition.
Since the exhibition is inside, it won't be possible to actually look through the telescope. However, the telescope is almost constantly moving anyway and only suits a demonstration purpose. The motor runs on batteries, so sufficient batteries have to be purchased before the start of the exhibition.
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