Out Of The Other Side

Phew! My degree is officially finished! And I got a first so I'm stoked!
So you would think I would have some time on my hands - no way! I'm as busy as ever!

We (Ghosts in Armour) have got the Jetlag gig in Bilbao in October. Woot! Jetlag Bio is a very cool Participatory Arts Festival that is held for three days and boasts among other very talented exhibitors/participants The Graffiti research Lab. If you haven't seen their work check it out here - its very cool. We will be doing a kind of interactive augmented reality installation. More about that in a later post.

My website is now live www.gordoneverett.co.uk but far from finished. It also has some augmented reality on it - click on my business card and check it out (you will need to print out a card).

I'm really excited about another project I'm working on but unfortunately I can't blog about it just yet. Suffice it to say it could be a very successful and lucrative endeavour...

Multitouch Sphere

jBolton over at nuigroup is working on this Multitouch sphere and he's doing pretty well considering. When I get some time I think I'll make one....

Twmbarlwm Two

Amazing views...

The top!


So this time I did it! I got to the top! You have to do a bit of carrying to get your bike up there as well but its worth it for the amazing views and the sense of achievement. Coming down is fun too. Oh, and I got a new bike (again) and its sooooo much better than the last one.For instance it didn't break.

Vote For Mr Squidling!

Mr Squidling - Augmented Reality Demo from Gordon Everett on Vimeo.
So I entered the Augmented reality contest over at the Papervision3D forum. You can see my entry here. You need to have a webcam on your monitor that you can point down at your desk just in front of your keyboard. Then you need to print out the special marker (link provided on the page) and follow the instructions.

Voting starts tomorrow!

How Green Is My Valley?

What a lovely place Wales is. This was taken from halfway up a mountain called Twmbarlwm near Newport. The view was great but getting there was a little traumatic. We went on our bikes - a 17 mile round trip. And it did hurt a bit...

Video of our Multitouch Interface (at last)!

Multi-touch interface from Reaction Faction on Vimeo.

This is the Interactive Table we (Reaction Faction) made for Ghosts in Armour last year. It was exhibited for six weeks in the Riverfront in Newport UK. Hope you like it! (Arm and hand model available at cheap rates! :) )

My Augmented Reality Progress

So I'm currently using Google Chrome to upload images. Its a ridiculous situation but its the only browser that works....

So anyway, just thought I'd post a screenshot of my Augmented reality project I'm working on. Its hard to explain but, well here goes..... I'm holding a piece of card with a marker on it (something like the one below) in front of my webcam. When the webcam registers it the computer draws a box in its place and out of this box all sorts of things jump, including my name. Pretty cool eh? This is the demo that got us a gig at Creative Capital in Canary Wharf. The actual version we use there will be a bit different. I'll be sure to post a link for when its over so you can have a go yourselves.