Metacosm Design Labs
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Design + Art + Innovation
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Design + Art + Innovation
Purpose + Meaning + Ability
This popular exhibit at The W!LD Center in Tupperlake NY gives visitors a short piano keyboard loaded with animal sounds sampled from the nearby Adirondack swamps.
Located in Silver Beach, MI, this live digital video piece is 40' tall and looks like the washington monument on columns. Visitors walk underneath to view the mirrored interior reflecting a mix of faces, the nearby carousel, and a video collage of water, waves, and flowers.
Located inside the Saint Louis Zoo, these natural history exhibits saw over 3 million people a year.
In a media event promoting his feature movie "Looney Toons, Back In Action," Bugs gave 90 live interviews, over 10 hours of animation, for this Warner Brothers Film. He appears here in his Today Show Interview wth Al Roker.
Rhino the Hamster gave over 40 live improv interviews in a two day media event promoting the Movie "Bolt" by Walt Disney Animation. The camera edit was made simultaneously, producing over 6 hours of finished HD animation in real-time.
Animated Shorts by Robert Smigels "TV Funhouse" have been a fixture of Saturday Night Live for years. Our real-time production ability has helped make a few last-minute script changes possible.
Based on original series footage, the show "Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast" was recreated live on the show floor of the E3 gaming convention. Space Ghost held court for three days of mayhem, interviewing special guests, show attendees, and promoting the Turner-Gametap Network.
This lead character from the popular show "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" was originally brought to life for Cartoon Networks "Up Fronts" private media event. He made several live appearences in NYC, LA, and Atlanta, as part of a pilot production.
Here Jimmy Lizard demonstrates Onamation integration as a MAYA Motion Capture Device.
This talk focused on the emerging techniques in puppetry. Here we see a glove interface by Dave Barclay driving a practical puppet, and later Bugs Bunny. Gonzo was also on the panel.
Onadime Composer is a patented data-flow programming tool that transforms the computer into a multimedia jazz instrument.
Onadime Compositions listens to music and other sensors to make original graphics that move in perfect resonance, mixing live video, fractals, and many other real-time effects.
Onadime has been used extensively in a variety of world-class stage productions and projects to create original live effects. MDL has been the primary developer and designer for the project since 1994.
Five Original Onadime Real-time music visuals by Phillip Reay were used to drive the live stage graphics for the song "Tumblin' Dice"
Performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and visualized by Onadime Inventor Phillip Reay and Artist Peggy Gyulai, this was the live premiere event in the Kimmel Center Chamber Music Hall.
The Very Large Digital Kaleidoscope
40' Tall Live Video Installation
The W!ld Center
Swamp Music Interactive
Saint Louis Zoo
The Living World Exhibit
Seattle Public Aquarium
"From Sound to Mountain" Tech
Freeport-McMoRan Incorporated
Irian Jaya Exhibits
Portage Bay Goods
Retail Identity, Signage
Video Isle
Workstation & Retail Display Redesign
Palm Beach Casino Line
Mardi-Gras Soundscape
Woodland Park Zoo
"Elephants" Interactive Video Kiosk
Warner Brothers
"Bugs Bunny Live" Interviews
Disney Animation
"Rhino Live Live" Interviews
Turner Networks - GameTap
"SpaceGhost Live" at E3
Cartoon Network
"Bloo Q. Kazoo Live" hosts Up Fronts
Saturday Night Live
TV Funhouse's Cartoons
Sun Microsystems
In-House Television Show
Onadime
The Live Digital Medium
Microsoft Corporation
Virtual Reality for MSN Online
Deere & Company
JD Pavillion Interactive Exhibits
Art on File
"QTVR Sampler" Artist's Tool
Dialogos
Communications Software UI Design
Geode Software
"Discovering Origami" Interactive
Louden Tribal Council
Yukon Native Tribe EPA Site
Seattle Arts Commission
"Public Art Seattle" Kiosk & CD-ROM
Seattle Arts Commission
"ArtMatch" An Art Memory Game
Teague Design
Two-way Pager Interface Design
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This recording was made live, by playing the exhibit keyboard. Each piano key actually makes several different sounds, creating multiple layers and a palate of moods.