24 Mart 2013 Pazar
Empires' Phases in 19th and 20th Centuries
Pedro Miguel Cruz made an experimentation about showing empires' rise and fall in 19th and 20th centuries. He personally says that he can't call this neither information visualisation or information art, as he finds the graphics not too elegant and the data not too advanced. Since I'm not very experienced in this I can't say anything but to me it looks fantastic=) It's true it may not convey very advanced knowledge but it gives the essentials, and it's really cute. It could be a good way to study to history class from there, just to remember the names properly.
Keyboard Frequency Sculpture
Keyboard Frequency Sculpture, a sculptutal data visualisation, shows the keys that are frequently used according to data from Wikipedia. The maker of this project is Mike Knuepfel, a recent graduate of New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
This is already an interesting idea, and he says that this project is still a prototype and he will add things in the future. I'm really curious what it will turn out to be like.
This is already an interesting idea, and he says that this project is still a prototype and he will add things in the future. I'm really curious what it will turn out to be like.
9 Mart 2013 Cumartesi
Visualisation Through Installation
Currently United States has a rate of approximately 857 high school drop-outs per hour. That's really a serious number! The College Board, under its campaign "Don't Forget Ed!" set up a powerful installation on National Mall to urge the presidential candidates to put education to the top of their priorities.
This installation is put together by 857 school desks that reperesent each student that drops out of high school each hour. Although computing doesn't have a hand in this project very much, I think this visualization is one of the most meaningful, brilliant and impressive visualisations. It's sending shivers down my spine!
This installation is put together by 857 school desks that reperesent each student that drops out of high school each hour. Although computing doesn't have a hand in this project very much, I think this visualization is one of the most meaningful, brilliant and impressive visualisations. It's sending shivers down my spine!
History of the World in 100 Seconds (Accoding to Wikipedia)
In Wikipedia, most of the event-based articles are tagged with geographic coordinates. Mainly using this attribute of Wikipedia, Gareth Lloyd, software engineer, and Tom Martin built "History of the World in 100 Seconds". Then they made an animation of it.
The animation starts with the date 499 BC and continues until the year 2011. You can track the dates at the bottom right corner. In my opinion, it doesn't seem 100% accurate but who cares? It does show the essetial information, and if I got it right it's aim isn't to be 100% accurate in the first place, rather it's to make people to have a general idea about the world history. I liked the animation and the idea in general. In the end of the animation the modern world map appearing vaguely is another aspect that I liked.
If you want further information about this: http://www.ragtag.info/2011/feb/2/history-world-100-seconds/
The animation starts with the date 499 BC and continues until the year 2011. You can track the dates at the bottom right corner. In my opinion, it doesn't seem 100% accurate but who cares? It does show the essetial information, and if I got it right it's aim isn't to be 100% accurate in the first place, rather it's to make people to have a general idea about the world history. I liked the animation and the idea in general. In the end of the animation the modern world map appearing vaguely is another aspect that I liked.
If you want further information about this: http://www.ragtag.info/2011/feb/2/history-world-100-seconds/
19 Şubat 2013 Salı
VOCALOID
One or two years ago, when I was browsing through videos in Youtube I came across a music video. It was a 3D animation with anime style, since I liked anime I decided to give it a try. At first I found the singing voice odd, and I thought that there was some sound modification etc.(Although I'm not very knowledgable about these things) Then I found out that the singing voice is produced from the stractch by a software called VOCALOID. By the way here' s the video I saw:
So, Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer that was released in 2004. It enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody.
It basically uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers; and has the ability to change the stress of the pronounciations , add specific effects, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice.
There are several type of Vocaloids as shown in the picture below. Each of them have their unique voice and character design, and they are sold as "a singer in a box" designed to act as a replacement for an actual singer.
Vocaloid was first released and only available as an English version, but in Japan it's popular and widely used that one assumes that it was first released in Japan. They are so popular that, especially in Far East, some of them has their own concerts. A video about the concert:
I think there is nothing wrong with loving these type of music, as it's a matter of taste. Some people wouldn't be able to even stand it. I would prefer real human singing too but I can't say that I don't like what is produced with Vocaloid. And as the technology improves the voices become more organic, and more developed.
As a final word, I shared this here because I thought that it's relevant to our course- although I can't say I'm sure.But since the computer technology and art are hand to hand in this project it should be shareable here.
So, Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer that was released in 2004. It enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody.
It basically uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers; and has the ability to change the stress of the pronounciations , add specific effects, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice.
There are several type of Vocaloids as shown in the picture below. Each of them have their unique voice and character design, and they are sold as "a singer in a box" designed to act as a replacement for an actual singer.
Vocaloid was first released and only available as an English version, but in Japan it's popular and widely used that one assumes that it was first released in Japan. They are so popular that, especially in Far East, some of them has their own concerts. A video about the concert:
I think there is nothing wrong with loving these type of music, as it's a matter of taste. Some people wouldn't be able to even stand it. I would prefer real human singing too but I can't say that I don't like what is produced with Vocaloid. And as the technology improves the voices become more organic, and more developed.
As a final word, I shared this here because I thought that it's relevant to our course- although I can't say I'm sure.But since the computer technology and art are hand to hand in this project it should be shareable here.
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