Yahoo pipes and AR

Using geoRSS in yahoo pipes I've linked several places in Randwick to their geographic locations, which can work as a guide in Layar, in this case to suggest tourist attractions for budget conscious travellers. Another option would be to compile or find and rss feed and output these locations to a map, sourcing images of the locations from a photo hosting site like flickr.

 

http://pipes.yahoo.com/sydney/31f722e4ae57fab9e98789767ded2bb6

Walt Disney Concert Hall, L.A. in BuildAR

Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hal model in AR

AR Video

The N Building in Japan gives passers by an augmented reality experience, superimposing layers of information on stores and services in the building.

3D Printed work

Assignment 1

The initial motive for the work was inspired by spiral shaped forms found in architecture, like in Russian modernist architecture (Shukov) and constructivism as evident in Chernikov's sketches.  More recent examples like London City Hall by Norman Foster and the Helix Hotel, by Leeser Architects also incorporate spiral, helix shapes in their designs.
With this in mind I decided to create an abstract spiral form.  I started with a sculpture made from paper to enable me to get the work into Meshlab and to reconstruct a 3d model of the work.  The modification of the shape during 3d reconstruction added an interesting element to the work and highlighted some of the limitations of this reconstruction method, in terms of capturing this shape and material. The resulting exaggeration does add a unique quality to the sculpture while the work still retains the original idea of interconnected spirals. I could call it Chernikov's Apocalypse.

Work in 3ds Max

Screen shot of STL checked work

This is the final work merged in to a block in 3ds Max to make a watertight, printable solid.

Screen shot of render

Screen shot of render

Reconstructed artwork

Screen shot from Meshlab

As my model was made from paper it was difficult to capture the shape of the sculpture precisely. This Poisson reconstruction was done at an Octree depth of 12.
The surface reconstruction creates a slightly different effect from the image of the paper, spiral structure, but I quite like the effect that this has had in exaggerating my design and creating something quite unique.

Screen shot of final artwork

Screen shot of final artwork