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avatar is a project of hackteria program in playaround09-TechNomads 2009
(currently, the source code/patches can be downloaded from here)

Idea:
Every slide stands for a game cartridge. (e.g., Super Mario Brothers、Pac-Man、Battle City)
Every microorganism stands for an avatar in the game. (e.g., Mario、Pacman、Tank)
When microorganisms meet up, the event of video game will be triggered. (e.g., Mario will grow up when he get mushroom、Pacman will die when he touch the ghost)
(P.S. At the final stage of workshop, only Super Mario Brothers is implemented.)
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Project Idea:
Every slide stands for a game cartridge. (e.g., Super Mario Brothers、Pac-Man、Battle City)
Every microorganism stands for an avatar in the game. (e.g., Mario、Pacman、Tank)
When microorganisms meet up, the event of video game will be triggered. (e.g., Mario will grow up when he get mushroom、Pacman will die when he touch the ghost)
(P.S. At the final stage of workshop, only Super Mario Brothers is implemented.)

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Play Method:
Just put slide (game cartridge) under our microscope made by hacked webcam, and then watch every microorganism (also its avatar) and wait for something happened.

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Tools:
– Pure Data
– hacked-webcam
– microorganism

Equipment:
– beamer x 1
– notebook x 2 (ubuntu x1, OSX x1)
– speaker x 1set

P.S.:
Because the ambient sound is loud, the sound effect of avatars getting encounter can not be heard. It is a pity.

Projector members:
Wang Kicko (王新仁)、Lee Evan (李亦凡)、Shen Sheng-Po (沈聖博)、Chen Diane (陳皖嘉)、Huang Sheng-Chieh (黃聖傑)、Cheng Ming-Chun (鄭明郡)、Dai Showyin (戴秀穎)



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