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By nature motion is inherently time-based. In a mediated context this does not have to be the case. The temporal dimension of motion can directly be ::mapped:: onto a spatial one. The result is an entirely :::static object::: that inherits the :::dynamic properties::: from the temporal axis.

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For this piece we invited ::dancers:: to the NYU motion capture lab. We recorded sequences of jumps, spins, and rolls. With this data we [[opengl raw image|rendered still frames]] of abstracted human figures which we fed into [[isosurf]]. Isosurf considers these frames as cross-sections of a volume and generates its triangulated surface. In this series of images the x-axis corresponds to the time-axis of the original movment. The two main features of the shape are a :::crouch::: and a :::jump:::.

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There are three discreet steps when going from mocap data to rendered shape. First we saved screenshots of the mocap visualization with this [[opengl raw image|c/opengl function]]. Then we concatenated all the images with [[concatenate images|this shell command]]. Finally we ran isosurf with [[isosurf|these options]].

::::1.):::: [[opengl raw image]] 
::::2.):::: [[concatenate images]] 
::::3.):::: [[isosurf]]







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