the singapore river as a psychogeographical faultline

Some people have asked me really good questions while I've been in the gallery setting up. Effendy asked me: "What is the scale of your map?"

After some calculation with the rulers on Google Maps, I have confirmed that the approximate scale for my 3.75metre long map is about 1:1000. (In case you are wondering how I managed to fit a 4.1km river in a representation of a 3.75km stretch, it is simply because the river is CURVY)



The ruler/line function is not automatically switched on in Google Maps, you'll have to click on the green beaker icon on the top right corner to see this feature!



Meanswhile, I must admit that it has been a steep learning curve to use Flash Builder and AS3. Somehow I just could not get a certain offending child object to pass variables to the main document class, even after flagrantly abusing public variables. In the wee hours of this morning, I finally solved the problem, but resultantly it has all become SPAGHETTI CODE. WITH MEATBALLS ON TOP. But it doesn't matter, as long as it works tomorrow...

today me and dominic succeeded in approximately aligning the camera/projection/fiducial setup with the visual response in my flex swf. i've switched to using CS5 Flash Builder because I eventually want to publish it as an Air app. so far its been sweet using reactivision with TUIO AS3 library.

we are using a 3.6mm lens for the PS3 Eye and the projector is at a resolution of 1024 x 768 x 96hertz. apparently hertz refers to the refresh rate and when i set it higher than 120 hertz it says out of range. this is all gobbledygook to me too but what i know is that when i stare at the back of the projector and shake my head (oh the migraine!), for a split second i see the light dividing itself into bright bands of red, green, and blue...