Sniff will be hosted by Gill Holland in Louisville for entire October starting at the Idea Festival, Sept 26th.
804 East Market Street
Come and play : )
September 11th, 2009
Sniff is going to Louisville!
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September 9th, 2009
ideal solution for your perimeter security needs
A nice write-up by Watec, about their camera system of course, not about SNIFF, but the claims are pretty similar. What exactly hides behind verbage such as ‘intelligent camera’ and ‘detects treats and broadcasts real-time alerts and video without human intervention’ is anyone’s guess, but I suspect it’s not a virtual dog.
Introducing an “ideal solution for your perimeter security needs”:
Through an architectural design, an Intelligent Video Surveillance system can automatically detect threats and broadcast real-time alerts and video without human intervention. (…) These IP enabled, intelligent cameras are housed in either an IP66 polycarbonate housing or, for more rugged deployment, in an IP67 Aluminum housing enabling effective intelligent video surveillance in harsh operating environments.
by karolina | Posted in surveillance | No Comments » |
September 3rd, 2009
“Real” dogs love SNIFF
To our amazement, some dogs encountering SNIFF are definitely curious about him, and some even aggressive.
check out these moments of canine curiosity
Sniffing Sniff
Doggy interaction
Karolina did a bit of research and found some interesting studies hypothesizing that some individual dogs have higher cognitive abilities allowing them to interpret 2d images (posters, tvs, public projections) as their 3d world equivalents.
An excerpt from the book Dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition mentions “Dogs also show attraction towards biologically meaningful but static visual images such as the silhouette of a dog on a screen, their own mirror images, or video images of dogs.”
Turns out interactive art isn’t just for people, but puppies too!
by jim | Posted in unexpected results | No Comments » |
September 2nd, 2009
Sniff is up and running!
Completely playable dog! He follows the person, reacts to taming and sudden gestures. There are still plenty of kinks to be worked out as always, but now it’s all the fun.
Incidentally all the passing dogs are pretty fascinated with Sniff, acting as if they’ve encountered a very strange real dog.
by karolina | Posted in work in progress | No Comments » |
September 1st, 2009
Sniff at Conflux 2009
Sniff will be hosted by Not An Alternative at their The Change You Want To See gallery space during Conflux Festival. Stop by September 17-20th after dark and play with the puppy!
84 Havenmeyer Street, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY 1121
subway: -L- to Bedford,-J- to Marcy, or -G- to Metropolitan.
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September 1st, 2009
Site testing at The Change You Want To See
A screenshot of the openFrameworks application for video tracking people in front of the display. the second image shows a screeen grab of the Unity3d project above and the openFrameworks application below. OpenFrameworks sends OSC messages to Unity to inform the dog about the number of people in front the display, their position and their gestures.
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