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October 24, 2019

Creative Technology Weekly #44

#44 - October 25th, 2019                                                                                      Read it in your browser

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Hello! 👋


This week's projects showcase the potential of the web! They explore machine learning, WebVR, and pop-up windows! 

Have a good weekend! 💚

Charlie

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Projects


 
Using PoseNet to transform your body into emojis
PoseNet sketchbook
A collection of web experiments by Google Creative Labs designed to allude to the artistic possibilities of using PoseNet (running on tensorflow.js) to create a relationship between movement and machine. Repo.

What you don't know
WebVR experience offering a new way to appreciate the craft of music. This multi-layered visualization is an interactive music video for Matthew Dear's new single that you can manipulate.
You can also play with the editor here.

Match 3 game with browser popups
Popup match
Popup experiment #4 by Matthew Rayfield in which you get to play a game of "Match 3" with browser windows.
You can find the code open-source in the repo.

Playing a Beat Saber clone game with hand movements
BeatPose
I never share my side projects in my newsletter (I feel weird about it) but I almost gave up on this one cause I couldn't figure it out for quite some time, and now that I did, f*ck it, I'm sharing it everywhere! 😂
You can play a Beat Saber clone with hand movements using Tensorflow.js & PoseNet! Repo & blog post.


Tools



Peaks.js
JavaScript UI component for interacting with audio waveforms.



Events



Wirefly
Check out this tech & art festival in Germany in August next year!

Codevember 2019
Codevember is starting in a few days!! 🎉



Tutorials



How to create motion hover effects with image distortions using Three.js
Tutorial on how to create nice hover effects on images.

Making Gooey image hover effects with Three.js
Tutorial on how to create gooey reveal hover effects on images with Three.js using noise within a shader.

Talks



The formulartic spectrum
Great talk by Suz Hinton at JSConf Budapest 2016 about creative coding and how we can use code and the data around us to express ourselves. 




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