.:FOR THE BIRDZ:.

4theBirdz

For The Birdz is a motion tracking installation, where you can fly a virtual bird by real body movements. The user is standing in front of the camera and the computer analyzes the movements in the image and will filter out the positions of the users hands. The positions are translated to a virtual 3D bird, which is projected in front of the user. By moving the hands in the user can control the wings of the bird and start to fly.

The button above will lead you to the online version. Stand-alone versions for both Mac OSX and Windows are also available. For more info about this project, please contact us: birdz[at]pixelsix.org

Demo version: This version is the first prototype. The collision detection isn't perfect and there is no game element yet, but it is still a lot of fun! Please let us know if you find any bugs and we will try to fix them.

System requirements:

Macintosh

Shockwave 10 plug-in *
A web- or DV-cam
Quicktime

Windows

Shockwave 10 plug-in *
A web- or DV-cam
Quicktime
WinVDig

*You might be asked to install a webcam xtra. Please do so. No harm will be done to your system.

Screen shots & renders:

> 3D Bird
> 3D Environment

Credits:

Idea, design and implementation:
> Jonas Hielscher
> Sylvain Vriens

Many thanks to:
> WebCamXtra and it's developers
> Macromedia for Director MX 2004
> Mediatechnology (our studies) and the people there