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- Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:17 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk02 - Photography in Cinema
- Replies: 28
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Re: Wk02 - Photography in Cinema
Kendall Stewart 10-9-12 Photography in Cinema Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” is a look to the future from the 1980s. Harrison Ford’s character is a Blade Runner whose job it is to “retire” all the “replicants,” or kill all the machines. These replicants are virtually indistinguishable from humans, an...
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:50 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk01 - Camera Obscura
- Replies: 30
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Re: Wk01 - Camera Obscura
Kendall Stewart 10-2-12 Camera Obscura http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qkOciqwTfuA/TzTKdQyUTsI/AAAAAAAACxo/YexWedFoWqc/s640/leonardo+da+vinci+1508.jpg In Latin, camera obscura means “dark room.” This refers to a law of optics, where light travels through a small hole in the wall of a room or box, and cros...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:47 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk10 - Final Project presentation Here
- Replies: 21
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Re: Wk10 - Final Project presentation Here
Kendall Stewart 12-4-12 Final Project “Transforming Lens” My research led me to scientific inventions that improve vision, and I discovered the revolutionary product of the PixelOptics company. They have developed the first and only electronic focusing eyewear. Their glasses, called “emPower!,” cont...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:36 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk9 - Translate from the Science Lab to Art
- Replies: 21
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Re: Wk9 - Translate from the Science Lab to Art
Kendall Stewart 11-27-12 Translate from the Science Lab to Art The research I did last week was on the invention of electronic eyewear, where the lenses could change focus when the user touched the frame of the glasses. For my imaginary installation I want to use this technology and recreate it in a...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:33 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk8 - Vision Lab on Campus
- Replies: 22
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Re: Wk8 - Vision Lab on Campus
Kendall Stewart 11-20-12 Vision Lab on Campus Having had no luck finding a vision-related research topic at UCSB, I decided to take the ‘invention’ approach for this week’s assignment. I discovered the revolutionary invention of the PixelOptics company, who have developed the first and only electron...
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:11 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk7 - Computational Camera
- Replies: 25
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Re: Wk7 - Computational Camera
Kendall Stewart 11-13-12 Computational Camera CMLab, National Taiwan University http://graphics.csie.ntu.edu.tw/ http://graphics.csie.ntu.edu.tw/publication.php This lab is developing a better way to perform matting and compositing for films. Matting and compositing are very common techniques used f...