In this video, Crystal will cover how to connect the Muse 2 device into TouchDesigner. The Muse 2 is a EEG device that can track brainwaves. Using OSC ports to get the data, we will build a simple generative animation controlled with the mind.
Reflecting on audio-visual expression and the mediation of digital language, we need to ask what cognitive potential is engaged? Are only people with synesthesia able to experience a "blend perception"? Or is all our cognition in essence embodied and thus linked?
What would be the consequences of our most intimate feelings and memories becoming accessible by technology? Hold that thought… THOUGHTFORMS is a collaboration between sensiLab and Monash Art, Design & Architecture.
Jeff Smith of Eye Vapor recently brought to our attention a project the studio has been working on in collaboration with legendary ex-Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Dr. Adam Gazzaley of the UCSF Neuroscience Imaging Center.
