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- Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:48 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk10 - Final Project presentation Here
- Replies: 21
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Re: Wk10 - Final Project presentation Here
Christin Nolasco - Final Project - The Mindscape Research: UCSB’s Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior (ReCVEB) has an interesting virtual reality technology called the Head Mounted Display (HMD), a visual headset that also tracks the every motion of the viewer (eye movement, body ...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:55 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
Christin Nolasco - Week 9 Report For last week's report, I discussed my interest in UCSB's ReCVEB (The Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior). To summarize, ReCVEB's researchers use virtual environments in order to study human behavior in ways they may not ordinarily be able to. One...
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:59 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk8 - Vision Lab on Campus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 52165
Re: Wk8 - Vision Lab on Campus
Christin Nolasco - Report on Vision Lab on Campus A lab that caught my interest was The Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior (ReCVEB), which is a multi-disciplinary research organization located within the Psychology East building. This particular lab focuses on using immersive vir...
- Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:21 pm
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk7 - Computational Camera
- Replies: 25
- Views: 109284
Re: Wk7 - Computational Camera
Christin Nolasco - Report on Computational Camera Yoichi Sato's Lab's research on sensing human motions and detection-based systems is intriguing because it ties a great deal into the development of technology today with the ever-increasing popularity of technologies that respond to human interacti...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:06 pm
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk05 - Elings Open House OR Review Assigned Paper
- Replies: 21
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Re: Wk05 - Elings Open House OR Review Assigned Paper
Christin Nolasco - Report on Elings Open House Last weekend I attended the Elings Open House and was able to see Marcos Novak's drone and the Allosphere. The drone itself was designed with a sensor-system and would alternate between wasp and bee noises depending on the particular mode it was in. Th...
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:48 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk04 - Barthes' Rhetoric of the Image
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38185
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Christin Nolasco - Report on Barthes' Rhetoric of the Image http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/humor_ads/titanic.jpg Linguistic Message: The linguistic message of this comedic ad, "reality sucks", is purposefully done in bold type-face in order to shove the concept behind this ad right in t...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:33 am
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk03 - Chronophotography
- Replies: 25
- Views: 40852
Re: Wk03 - Chronophotography
Christin Nolasco - Report on Chronophotography "The all-at-a-glance graphic style of Marey is a forerunner of the visual compression implied in digital layering (showing you more than you can handle at the same time you see all that you need to know), new relationships made visible in aesthetically...
- Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:42 pm
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk02 - Photography in Cinema
- Replies: 28
- Views: 53042
Christin Nolasco - Report on Photography in Cinema
Photography is instrumental to any type of film because it affects the emotion, concept, and perception of the viewer through the combined elements of photography. In particular, Blade Runner utilizes photography to create a sort of grungy effect. The overall dark lighting of the film creates a dark...
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:36 pm
- Forum: Fall 2012
- Topic: Wk01 - Camera Obscura
- Replies: 30
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Christin Nolasco - Report on Camera Obscura I had briefly learned about camera obscura in some of my art and art history classes before. However, through my research, I was able to learn more in-depth details/facts about this device and understand concepts that were not thoroughly explained to me b...