Re: motion tracking

Richard Povall (Richard.Povall@oberlin.edu)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:48:52 -0400

>How would you like me to hold a brief workshop on physics, maths,
>and signal processing for Dance & Technology, with an emphasis on
>explaining what I call Motion-To-Sense algorithms ? There should be
>a limited number of speakers and sufficient relief from the physics
>through other speakers discussing experience with particular algorithms
>for achieving performance idioms. Other speakers might discuss
>"front-end technologies" (sensors and methods for detecting motion).

I told this group some time ago that I wanted to organize something here at
Oberlin in 98. We're looking at the possibilities for early fall 98, and
probably aiming more towards a workshop with lots of active participation
for a small group, rather than a large conference. The large conference,
of course, will be happening in February 99 at Arizone State, and I hope
that outcomes from my smaller workshop might feed into that event.

Now, that we would want to concentrate on the heavy duty issues surrounding
hardware sensors (although as some of you know, my own interest lies much
more in video-based sensing) seems unlikely. I do see the workshop being a
mix of sessions of technique, technologies, aesthetics, and hands-on work,
though.

Any thoughts out there in dance-tech land about this?

R

R i c h a r d P o v a l l
Assoc. Prof of Computer Music and New Media / Chair, TIMARA Dept.
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