PICO_SCAN

2000, Christa SOMMERER & Laurent MIGNONNEAU
Source: 2000, Christa SOMMERER & Laurent MIGNONNEAU

(collective) Sommerer / Mignonneau

PICO_SCAN ,
Co-workers & Funding
Developed for
"Sieben Hügel, Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts - Images and Signs of the 21st century"
at the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany

Supported by ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Lab, Kyoto, Japan

Interface design support: Stephen Jones
http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent/WORKS/FRAMES/FrameSet.html
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Description
PICO_SCAN is an interactive installation that allows users to measure and capture their users various body data and links them to the creation and evolution of artificial life creatures. The PICO_SCAN system consists of 5 PICO_SCANNER interface device and 5 plasma video screens. When the user picks up the PICO_SCANNER and scans along her body she generates various input data that are specific to her own body characteristics. The collected data information is then used to generate artificial life creatures that can feed on these color values provided by the users video image.
Keywords
  • genres
    • bioart
      • genetic art
    • installations
      • interactive installations
  • subjects
    • Body and Psychology
      • bodies (animal components)
    • Nature and Environment
      • evolution
    • Technology and Innovation
      • artificial life
  • technology
    • displays
      • electronic displays
        • computer monitors
    • hardware
      • cameras
      • scanners
    • interfaces
      • body sensors
        • body tracking
Technology & Material
Hardware
5 self build scanning devices
5 3D magnetic field position sensors
5 mini cameras
5 flat monitor screens
1 computer with 5 video outputs (2 3D video cards)
Interface
5 self build scanning devices
5 3D magnetic field position sensors
5 mini cameras
5 flat monitor screens
Patent
Laurent Mignonneau, Christa Sommerer & Stephen Jones, all at ATR MIC Labs, Kyoto
Software
Image generator algorithm
Exhibitions & Events
Sieben Hügel, Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts / Seven Hills, Images and Signs of the 21st Century
Bibliography
3 publications