What is open office hours? We had a successful holiday give away last year of some free consulting time, where people got an hour of our time to chat through their work, a potential project, or get some TouchDesigner help. To continue the benefit of that, we held an open office hours, where we made…
Designing with rules If there’s one thing I wish I could tell all immersive designers getting involved in immersive media and interactive technology is that they’ll be far more successful if they created rules instead of designs. Unfortunately, real-time systems aren’t magic. Immersive installations are built on rules. Sometimes many of them in complex chains that…
What is a real-time installation? In the slew of sexy project write-ups and press releases about interactive and real-time installations, it can be hard to tell just what exactly a real-time installation is. I found a number of different definitions for the term, ranging from: relating to a system in which input data is processed within…
Rationale for open office hours We held a small giveaway at the end of 2016 in which I gave away some consulting hours in a raffle. I was really surprised by how well received and appreciative everyone was so I’d like to make some form of open office hours a regular thing. I expected in…
Is my interactive perspective small? I’ve had the pleasure of working with a large number of talented individuals lately on some new ventures. The projects range from new forms of public transportation, new space economy verticals, new bank models, and more. These things would never have traditionally been on my radar, and even if they…
A higher level of interactive development It’s easy to just do things. I know from experience as someone who learned by doing. People are always telling you to just experiment with interactive development and try things. Nike says “Just do it.” We’re cultivating a culture around thinking after doing. We call it “iteration.” There’s merit…
Strategies for large interactive installations Large interactive installations are a volatile medium. You may work on two projects back to back and have completely different technology scales to deal with. One installation may direct the whole budget towards 100 HD screens and one computer while the other may direct the budget to a single screen and a farm…
Who are the winners? Congrats to everyone who entered and shared the link. nVoid, zero11zero, and myself appreciate it and are looking forward to working with the winners. Without further delay, the winners are: Ruokun Chen Rui Martins Chris Lunney Summer Perry David Kirschberg Zach Harris Nick Diacre Jiayuan Dmitry lassignardie All the winners will be…
TouchDesigner giveaway! I’ve personally benefited greatly from the amount of knowledge sharing in the TouchDesigner community. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been stuck and found a useful component to use as an example on the forum. Don’t even get me started on the amount of times I’ve figured out a solution to something by…
TouchDesigner Beginner Dos and Don’ts With all the new macOS TouchDesigner beginners, I made a list of some dos and don’ts that every TouchDesigner user should know. They cover things from quick network tips, forum etiquette, to hardware recommendations. Do – Use the TouchDesigner forums TouchDesigner has a community built around sharing. Everyone learned somehow…