V Motion Project: An amazing visual instrument

Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:04 am » by **Evildweeb**

The V Motion Project

by Assembly

This project combines the collective talents of musicians, dancers, programmers, designers and animators to create an amazing visual instrument. Creating music through motion is at the heart of this creation and uses the power of the Kinect to capture movement and translate it into music which is performed live and projected on a huge wall.

v.co.nz/#the-motion-project

We created and designed the live visual spectacle with a music video being produced from the results. We wanted it to be clear that the technology was real and actually being played live. The interface plays a key role in illustrating the idea of the instrument and we designed it to highlight the audio being controlled by the dancer. Design elements like real time tracking and samples being drawn on as they are played all add to authenticity of the performance. The visuals are all created live and the music video is essentially a real document of the night.

assemblyltd.com/

Check out the tech behind the project here:

custom-logic.com/blog/v-motion-project-the-instrument/

Developers:
Jeff Nusz
Paul Sanderson - fugitive.co.nz

Music:
Joel Little

Ableton:
James Hayday

Dancer:
Josh Cesan

Agency: Colenso BBDO

Client: Frucor

https://vimeo.com/45417241

Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:45 am » by **Seahawk**

That's really awesome. :flop:

I'd like to rock it. Kinnect was a pretty cool invention. I've played a few games with it. Takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun. More fun then a workout at the gym, that's for sure. I wanna try it!

Thanks for sharing, bro. :cheers:

Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:56 am » by **Hackjames**

If they get the response time down (likely with the next version of the hardware), that could actually be a "real" instrument. The video was great, but it's what you don't see that sells it...lot's of that was set up before he started moving his body around in such a fancy manner.

Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:10 am » by **One-23**

Pretty damn slick, 21st century sl12's. :flop:

Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:09 am » by **Tjahzi**

oh the sweetness!

wanna try that shit!