== '''P@raLLeL Dim€n$ioん''' ==

Welcome to the '''P@raLLeL Dim€n$ioん''', the alternate reality of our world we don’t believe it actually exists. In this dimension, the laws of physics cannot be acknowledged, the common logic is shifted. It is different, weird and incomprehensible. The ideas of parallel dimensions are everywhere, from philosophical debates to entertainment media. However, it is still subjective to each individual, no matter how it is portrayed.

The internet is the relatable example for parallel dimension, considering that humankind can live in the physical world and the internet at the same time, building and leaving their data in both worlds, even though they are totally different dimensions with totally different structures.
Vaporwave is employed in this project to illustrate the A E S T H E T I C of this parallel dimension. This style was created in the internet and can stay only on the internet, it’s difficult to construct its characteristic adapting materials used in our dimension.

This project consists of two scenes, our classroom and Theaterplatz in Weimar, which are the most common scenery to be seen. They were turned into unfamiliar, yet familiar scenes from another dimension where everyone can participate and enjoy the weirdness of that world.

'''Scene I : cL@$sRøom'''

Once the player enters the classroom and puts on the VR HMD, they will be transported to another dimension where they are in the same place with the same objects as the real world, but they are strange and more funky.

The camera is located and pointed to the same position and direction as the player, therefore when the player walks into a desk in the parallel dimension, they would also walk into the desk in the real world, but there is a small adjustment for player’s safety.

The displayed message in this scene challenges the player to exit the room (implying the exit out of the parallel dimension) but if player tries to exit, they will be transported to the other scene instead, which is also still in the parallel dimension.
Scene change happens when the player walks through the specific object, in the case; the screens, following the script below.

[SerializeField] private int y;
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.gameObject.tag == "Player")
{
int y = SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex;
SceneManager.LoadScene("SampleScene");
}
}

The glitch effects are from the video applied to the material.

The dancing statues were made with “Make Human” and animated with “Mixamo”.

The music in this scene is Fun Tonight by MACROSS 82-99 https://soundcloud.com/macross-82-99/fun-tonight

'''Scene II : Th€あterPl@tZ'''

After player exits the classroom, they will arrive at Theaterplatz where Goethe and Schiller lived. It’s surrounded with Weimar’s signatures and unusual landscape, also, one of Goethe’s famous quotes about reality and imagination.

Player can exit this scene by entering the door, but they will return to the first scene and cannot leave the parallel dimension, unless they quit the program.

Falling Ginkgo leaves are implemented by using particle effect, following this tutorial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJ0_TqoLr4

The wireframe shader of the mountain in this scene can be downloaded here. https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/directx-11/ucla-wireframe-shader-21897

The music in the scene was made by combining Microsoft Window 95 startup sound and stretched generic EDM song.

Further step is to build an interaction to objects which player can grab, play and throw using VR controller.

2019-02-13T23:21:54Z

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GMU:Connecting Max to the World/Sirin Unmanee

2019-02-13T22:28:57Z

S.Unmanee:

'''Organic Pulse Imagery''' is an installation art that unites the audience with parts of the different organisms, a installation art for human to experience the different space, time and place. In this project, I will capture the electrical conductivity of the organisms for conveying the massage that there are many microorganisms everywhere around us. Then, I will send that input to Max/msp to generate a 3D/2D graphic of their electrical conductivity and project that graphic onto the wall, therefore the audiences can be participated, as well as creating an immersive space.

This idea is more likely to be an exhibition approach, which people can choose the organisms by themselves and interact with it.

[[File:1550091367913.jpg|700px]]

This project is related to my DIY Bio project here.
 [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:DIY_Bio:_doing_things_with_biology/Sirin_Unmanee Link to my DIY Bio Project]'''

The graphic style is inspired from an image of bacteria and other organisms under the microscope, mostly is dots and particles.

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Arduino sketch : [[:File:sensor_reading.ino]]

Max/msp patch: [[:File:maxproject sirin 2019012901.maxpat]]

I followed the tutorial to create my prospective visual, but instead, my input is the electrical potentials from organisms.

[[File:1548854244532.jpg|700px]]

[[File:S__2875419.jpg|700px]]

[[File:tutor00.jpg|700px]]

This patch is using jit.gen and jit.matrix to generate a particle effect. The jit.gen is used for calculating force and mass to drive the particles, also the movement of them. In the tutorial, the equation that he used is F = m*a and the particles will move in a vector quantity, in this case, to the center.

[[File:tutor02.JPG|420px]] [[File:tutor03.JPG|400px]]

As a result, the particles are moving to the center when there is a change from electricity potentials, when the input doesn't change, the particles will arrange in circle. The visual is inspired from the image of the organism that I cultivated inside the petri dish.

After testing on the organism's electric potentials, I noticed a tiny difference in the result in every organism. I will use that input to shift the visual which are, in this case, color and shape to represent their appearances in a experimental way, so I set the three conditions to differentiate them. However, the particles' movement will remain the same in every input.

[[File:capturemax04.gif]]

[[File:capturemax05.gif]]

[[File:capturemax06.gif]]

This implementation allows many participants to be engaged in the installation at the same time. There are many possible ways to interact with it, for instance in this sample scenario, one person is changing the input while another is playing with the visuals and guessing which organism is it.

{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/PhHxjfr3EdU}}

In conclusion, there are many possibilities of this project, for instance, to cultivate more various organisms which also have different electric potentials to generate other visual styles.

==Further Research==
*[[/Homework : 17.10.2018 Connecting both patches]]
*[[/Homework : 24.10.2018 Working with udpreceive]]
*[[/Homework : 07.11.2018 Arduino]]
*[[/Homework : 14.11.2018 Graphics]]
*[[/14.11.2018 : Initial Idea]]

==References==
*Max Open GL Tutorial 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ9AwapZY2c
*Amazing Max/Msp Tutorial 02 - How to Build a Particle System in Max (ENG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgX7rVgSAE
*Tutorial channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvDUaH2fbXP_Yc5Lc9UXfqA

S.Unmanee:

In this project, I will capture the electrical conductivity of the bacteria and other organisms for conveying the massage that there are many microorganisms everywhere around us. Then, I will send that input to Max/msp to generate a 3D/2D graphic of their electrical conductivity and project that graphic onto the wall, therefore the audiences can be participated, as well as creating an immersive space.

[[File:1550091367913.jpg|700px]]

This project is related to my DIY Bio project here.
 [https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:DIY_Bio:_doing_things_with_biology/Sirin_Unmanee Link to my DIY Bio Project]'''

The graphic style is inspired from an image of bacteria and other organisms under the microscope, mostly is dots and particles.

------------------------------------------------------

Arduino sketch : [[:File:sensor_reading.ino]]

Max/msp patch: [[:File:maxproject sirin 2019012901.maxpat]]

I followed the tutorial to create my prospective visual, but instead, my input is the electrical potentials from organisms.

[[File:1548854244532.jpg|700px]]

[[File:S__2875419.jpg|700px]]

[[File:tutor00.jpg|700px]]

This patch is using jit.gen and jit.matrix to generate a particle effect. The jit.gen is used for calculating force and mass to drive the particles, also the movement of them. In the tutorial, the equation that he used is F = m*a and the particles will move in a vector quantity, in this case, to the center.

[[File:tutor02.JPG|420px]] [[File:tutor03.JPG|400px]]

As a result, the particles are moving to the center when there is a change from electricity potentials, when the input doesn't change, the particles will arrange in circle. The visual is inspired from the image of the organism that I cultivated inside the petri dish.

After testing on the organism's electric potentials, I noticed a tiny difference in the result in every organism. I will use that input to shift the visual which are, in this case, color and shape to represent their appearances in a experimental way, so I set the three conditions to differentiate them. However, the particles' movement will remain the same in every input.

[[File:capturemax04.gif]]

[[File:capturemax05.gif]]

[[File:capturemax06.gif]]

This implementation allows many participants to be engaged in the installation at the same time. There are many possible ways to interact with it, for instance in this sample scenario, one person is changing the input while another is playing with the visuals and guessing which organism is it.

{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/PhHxjfr3EdU}}

In conclusion, there are many possibilities of this project, for instance, to cultivate more various organisms which also have different electric potentials to generate other visual styles.

==Further Research==
*[[/Homework : 17.10.2018 Connecting both patches]]
*[[/Homework : 24.10.2018 Working with udpreceive]]
*[[/Homework : 07.11.2018 Arduino]]
*[[/Homework : 14.11.2018 Graphics]]
*[[/14.11.2018 : Initial Idea]]

==References==
*Max Open GL Tutorial 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ9AwapZY2c
*Amazing Max/Msp Tutorial 02 - How to Build a Particle System in Max (ENG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgX7rVgSAE
*Tutorial channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvDUaH2fbXP_Yc5Lc9UXfqA

GMU:DIY Bio: doing things with biology/Sirin Unmanee

2019-02-13T22:00:30Z

S.Unmanee:

'''Organic Pulse Imagery''' is an installation art that unites the audience with parts of the different organisms. In this project, I will capture the electrical conductivity of the organisms for conveying the massage that there are many microorganisms everywhere around us. Then, I will send that input to Max/msp to generate a 3D/2D graphic of their electrical conductivity and project that graphic onto the wall, therefore the audiences can be participated, as well as creating an immersive space.

This idea is more likely to be an exhibition approach, which people can choose the organisms by themselves and interact with it.

[[File:1550091367913.jpg|700px]]

The installation includes a counter which has a projector built-in, on top of the counter is a petri dishes slots that allow the participants to choose the organisms that they're interested to interact with and place it in the isolated slot which is connected to the Arduino, moreover the slots are used as an incubator for the organisms to keep them living with the suitable temperature.

This project is related to my Max/msp project here.
[https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Connecting_Max_to_the_World/Sirin_Unmanee/28.11.2018_:_Developed_Idea Link to my Max/msp Project]

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==Capturing the electric potentials and generating the visual==

To capture the electric potentials from the organism, I have to create a split petri dish with a small bridge between each slot to allow the electricity form the organism to flow, moreover, this approach will capture the electricity only from the organism, not the medium.

[[File:1550089570918.jpg|400px]]

[[File:S__2883601.jpg|400px]]

The selected organism is Physarum Polycephalum. It was cultivated on the aforementioned split petri dish. After many attempts, I found out that the most important issue is the timing, the slime mold needs around two days to cross the bridge, after than that it will remain on its side, in contrast, earlier than that it does't cross the bridge.

[[File:S__2916455.jpg|200px]] [[File:S__3022883.jpg|200px]] [[File:S__3022878.jpg|200px]]

For capturing the electricity, I use the capacitive sensor method.

[[File:1548854244532.jpg|700px]]

Arduino sketch : [[:File:sensor_reading.ino]]

[[File:S__3022893.jpg|700px]]

At the beginning, I captured the electricity form my hands for observing a number to make a differentiation between the electric potentials from human being and microorganism.

[[File:1550086962883.gif]]

Then, I connected the wires to the organism.

[[File:1550087861699.gif]]

The captured number from my hands is around 6000 - 7500, from the Physarum Polycephalum is around 10 - 21 and more stable.

Because of the significant contrast between each organism, it can be discriminated to generate the different visual. In this case, I experimented with two organism, human and Physarum.

[[File:max part1.jpg|700px]]

Max/msp patch : [[:File:diybioproject sirin 2019012901.maxpat]]

[[File:1550093874605.gif]]

The generated visual from Physarum's electric potential.

[[File:1550093939598.gif]]

The generated visual from Human's electric potential.

As the images above, the shapes' density depends on the serial read number and the styles are characterized separately.

==Further Experiment==

*[[/Growing organisms for my project]]
*[[/Electric Potentials]]

==The Setting==

Here is the sketch of my ideal setting.

[[File:sketch 2018121704.jpg|400px]]

[[File:sketch 2018121706.jpg|400px]]

The electrical conductivity data from the chosen organisms is going to be generated with Max/msp into a visual, then that visual will be projected onto the wall.

[[File:sketch 2018121701.jpg|400px]]

==Further research==

*[[/23.10.2018 : Growing Physarum polycephalum (1st attempt) ]]

*[[/30.10.2018 : Isolating Bacteria from Kombucha, Growing Physarum polycephalum (2nd attempt) and others]]

*[[/06.11.2018 : Growing Mycelium and Experimenting with organic matter's electricity]]

*[[/13.11.2018 : Initial Idea]]

==References==
* Martin Howse, Radio Mycelium https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/images/Martin-howse.pdf
* Four Conditions for Bacterial Growth https://www.livestrong.com/article/126073-four-conditions-bacterial-growth
* How Can Bacteria Help Us? https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/bacteria-experiment-guide