Project 3 Room Mapping : Travis Fowler & Morgan Grasham

Transitions is a room mapping installation with a narrative told through the combination of constructed audio and visuals. The piece follows an unnamed protagonist through death and imagines his afterlife. He begins in the city, driving a car and switching between radio stations when he gets into an accident and crashes. His death is implied through the sound of slowing heart beats and a transition to white as he goes into the light. He is transported to a natural space, where he reflects and interprets his life experiences through nature. After this meditation, he is transported again to the quiet infinity of deepest space.

Credits:
City footage
forest footage

James Hoggatt:Project1 Backdrop Mapping

For this project I decided to go off campus and get some flat architecture from one of the beautiful modern building in Dallas. The section I'm using is from the Omni Hotel. One of the new key features in the vibrant Dallas skyline. The part of it that I'm using is located on the back side of  the hotel right next to the event entrance. These compositions together are a proof of concept and could be custom themed to have information about the current events. It could even serve help direct patrons toward parking, ticket purchase, and the event itself.  For now I have it setting two examples of general moods for the people coming threw. I decided to do it  in a way that is non specific and could be custom fit to any given event.

This is directly outside the event center and an ideal location for information to be displayed. It has some beautiful unique architecture and is a rough white stone. The perfect surface to act as a screen

This is a composition is intended to insight motion and excitement. It would be a great thing to project at the beginning of an event. It says"This is where it's happening!" It has a strong flow toward the entrance of the building. With side swipes on most of the surfaces. It also has a large yellow arrow going into the parking area. Coupled with some projected text or street signs, it could be a very useful tool to help direct traffic.

This composition would be ideal for projecting at the end of an event. It says"Goodnight, go home, the fun here has been had." Once the event is over patrons don't necessarily need any additional information as they would know where there cars are. Instead it would be better to just give them a pretty parting gift. Leaving a lasting memory of there time spent at the Omni.

Pablo Reyes - Week 1 Backdrop Mapping

Concept:

Both of my concepts are inspired by Mike Winkelmann also known as Beeple, a graphic designer that releases content through a creative commons license in which famous artists like Srillex, Tiesto, and Flying Lotus have used during their concerts. Also, the outstanding architecture and magnitude of the Founders and ECS building at UTD begged to be spatially activated thus the following ideas were implemented:

Founders Building - The University of Texas at Dallas

Engineering and Computer Science Building - The  University of Texas at Dallas

Technique:

For the Founders building concept I used Beeple's UNPLUG (loop) and projected it on the main surfaces of the composition using quads, mesh quads, lines, and masking, such would be visible from a distance as well as experienced when walking from both sides of the building. The grid pattern of the windows was accentuated with animated lines and a fill-up animation that complemented the orange dominating color of the video as the lines flowed through the grid. Lastly, a smooth wave animation was used on a couple of horizontal surfaces which balance the magnitude and power of the main vertical quads.

My second concept was also inspired and constructed for Beeple's Transparent Machines. Major ideas came from the message of the composition and the current net neutrality situation, my take on this topic is reflected by the emphasis of the text used in my projection and various other quads with relevant sections of Beeple's composition such as people like Barack Obama & Mark Zuckerberg. I aimed to keep the intended eye movement of the audience thus the position of text which persuades the viewer to flow throughout the design.

Materials:

MapMapper 3.2.1.
Microsoft's Game DVR functionality.
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017.
Adobe Premier Pro.
Beeple's UNPLUG loop & Transparent Machines video.
YouTube.