Lissajous Curves are a family of parametric functions that define X and Y in terms of a pair of sinusoids. By varing the frequency of each sine wave as well as the phase difference between them a variety of harmonic shapes can be created. The appearance of the curve is largely tied to the ratio [...]
Keep Reading » Comments OffMedia Garden was part of the UCSB Primavera festival and featured several performances by MAT students. I collaborated with the Rhythm Seminar for the first part of the event. The Rhythm Seminar, organized by Professor Matt Wright, consisted of several students recording, sampling, and processing live audio. They restricted themselves to only using sounds that [...]
Keep Reading » Comments OffMy first project for MAT594CM: Spatial Computing explored flocking behavior where a group of entities move in three dimensions with their own velocities but are influenced by the movements and positions of other members of the flock. The movement is influenced by running a set of rules that generates a relative velocity vector that is [...]
Keep Reading » Comments OffMost video compression algorithms are designed for live-action video which contains shades of color that can be easily compressed. My animations tend to change very rapidly and employ many very different colors which means that compression has a hard time working without drastically reducing the image quality. To combat this I have signed up for [...]
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