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Jettery: /* Imagery */

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Jettery: /* Imagery */

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Jettery: /* Imagery */

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Jettery at 01:00, 21 May 2010

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Jettery: /* Documentation */

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‎Documentation

Jettery at 00:39, 21 May 2010

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Jettery at 00:38, 21 May 2010

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 === Imagery ===
 I switched out three states depending on the distance from the camera the user sat at.
 [[Image:ghost1.png]][[Image:ghost2.png]][[Image:ghost3.png]]

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	It will work using a face detection library opencv. The position of the creature will be mapped to the position of the larger face detected. Face detection also will determine if there are multiple faces in view, triggering the levels of happiness for the creature. This can be done using processing, but also through flash (there is an opencv port to it). From my experience, flash is a bit harder to program but easier to animate with.		It will work using a face detection library opencv. The position of the creature will be mapped to the position of the larger face detected. Face detection also will determine if there are multiple faces in view, triggering the levels of happiness for the creature. This can be done using processing, but also through flash (there is an opencv port to it). From my experience, flash is a bit harder to program but easier to animate with.
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 <blockquote>An aquarium with a single floating creature. It follows the person's face in front of the screen. It will have a sad facial expression when it can't identify a face, a happy facial expression when a face becomes tracked, and an ecstatic facial expression when there is more than one face.</blockquote>
 Come project time, I had modified the creature to react to the distance of a single face. The closer the face was, the more agitated the creature would be. The creature was also changed from sea creature to ghost, and an emphasis placed on the web-based component of the project in addition to the interactivity.
 == Interactive Paradigm ==
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 It will work using a face detection library opencv. The position of the creature will be mapped to the position of the larger face detected. Face detection also will determine if there are multiple faces in view, triggering the levels of happiness for the creature. This can be done using processing, but also through flash (there is an opencv port to it). From my experience, flash is a bit harder to program but easier to animate with.

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 The user visits the project website with a webcam-enabled computer. The web page contains a flash applet that displays the user's face in a bluish hue. As the person moves around, the ghost follows their face on screen. When the user approaches close enough to the creature, it becomes agitated and makes a face.
 [[Image:diagram1.gif]][[Image:diagram2.gif]][[Image:diagram3.gif]]
 == Technical Description ==

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-== Concept: Social Creature - Jet Antonio ==
+== Overview ==
-An aquarium with a single floating creature. It follows the person's face in front of the screen. It will have a sad facial expression when it can't identify a face, a happy facial expression when a face becomes tracked, and an ecstatic facial expression when there is more than one face.
+In the original proposal for this project, a sea creature was to react to the number of faces it tracked using a webcam. More faces would make the creature more ecstatic. The description follows.
-This project, I believe, would benefit most from a simple laptop screen with a webcam inside the bezel. The small size enables a better correlation between the user's face and the position of the creature on screen. There is also a consistency in the position of a laptop webcam (centered at the top of the screen). Larger screens and desktops with user-mounted webcams introduce more (unwanted) variability. Another option would be to have a monitor and webcam pre-setup at a public space. In this latter case, the project would become much like a virtual aquarium, and webcam position can be controlled.
+== Technical Description ==
-[[Image:diagram1.gif]][[Image:diagram2.gif]][[Image:diagram3.gif]]
+It will work using a face detection library opencv. The position of the creature will be mapped to the position of the larger face detected. Face detection also will determine if there are multiple faces in view, triggering the levels of happiness for the creature. This can be done using processing, but also through flash (there is an opencv port to it). From my experience, flash is a bit harder to program but easier to animate with.
 == Objectives ==
 People already have an strong tendency to anthropomorphise animals and even objects. My goal is, using very rudimentary interactivity under a layer of spritely animation, to bring out empathy in viewers.