Jan 02 2009
augmented reality with bird mask
The Bird Mask Vocal Controller was built by Semiotech (Amy Rose Khoshbin and Michael Clemow) for the ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) 2008 winter show. The mask contains a microphone and buttons for vocal effects and a wireless transmitter.
Here’s what it looks like on and in action and here’s the complete photo set from the show.
Along with the mask, they built a Shadow Puppet Sequencer Table, which is exactly that: a translucent table with a light above and a camera below. You put cutouts on the table, the locations are sent to a synthesizer.
Both have received much admiration in the gadget-hacking press.
Photo: “Semiotech Bird Mask” by Noah Sussmann. Taken on 17 December 2008 on an Olympus Stylus S770SW. CC by 2.0.
