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skonen_blades) wrote2007-01-24 11:51 pm
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Dance
The main problem that the art of dance faces through the ages is its lack of notation. We still know what a Brahms concerto sounds like because it’s as easy as reading a sheet of music. Choreography has never had an agreed-upon universal language that can be written down.
I’ve been working on something.
The thing about robots is that they don’t know how to move like a human. The thing about motion capture is that it’s only used for video games and film.
I’m putting the two together.
There is a robot in the corner that looks like it’s made of coat hangers, basic hinges, guitar strings, and ping pong balls. It’s absurdly light but I’ve managed to construct it with a proportional human weight. It has a light processor wrapped around the neck in a light donut of a collar that all the guitar strings thread into.
The main processor is on the desk beside me transmitting instructions to the collar.
We had a motion capture session this morning with two ballet dancers, one modern dance enthusiast and a stripper.
My robot is dancing in front of me. It’s like a dream.
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I’ve been working on something.
The thing about robots is that they don’t know how to move like a human. The thing about motion capture is that it’s only used for video games and film.
I’m putting the two together.
There is a robot in the corner that looks like it’s made of coat hangers, basic hinges, guitar strings, and ping pong balls. It’s absurdly light but I’ve managed to construct it with a proportional human weight. It has a light processor wrapped around the neck in a light donut of a collar that all the guitar strings thread into.
The main processor is on the desk beside me transmitting instructions to the collar.
We had a motion capture session this morning with two ballet dancers, one modern dance enthusiast and a stripper.
My robot is dancing in front of me. It’s like a dream.
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