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Projects 2009

Company Profile

AntiVJ is a visual label, initiated by a group of European visual artists fascinated by the use of light and its influence on perception. They use mapping, tracking, stereoscopy and augmented reality, to create performances and installations that utilise unconventional canvases.

Journal Authors

Joanie Lemercier

Nicolas Boritch

Mapping Software 1.0

by AntiVJ

Mapping software 1.0 is a simple piece of Flash-based software, that allows users to create projections so precise that details such as windows, panels or bricks can be highlighted or even moved.

AntiVJ create monumental projections in public spaces combing powerful video projectors with digital mapping techniques. But the mapping process was unwieldy, as six different pieces of software were used to create one projection. Mapping software 1.0 offers a simple solution to projecting precise content onto any surface, object or volume. This accessible toolkit has implications for the future of gaming, fashion, architecture and advertising.

Journal Entries

Journal Entries

Mapping software at Nuits sonores

Wed 27 May, 2009

We are travelling a lot this month for various projects around Europe and Canada, and we are doing many projects using the mapping projection technique.Last week we did an interesting project for the 'Nuits Sonores' festival in Lyon - France.

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Mapping software update

Tue 28 Apr, 2009

We've been very busy developping the mapping software, and we've made a lot of progress in the technical approach. Here are a few details of the latest updates: - Vectors: To get the best possible mapping, the best way is to work with vectors. It's gives you the ability to to very precise fine tuning, and and can select and moves individual objects, lines or points (up to a sub-pixel level, thanks to antialiasing).

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Mapping Souvenirs

Thu 9 Apr, 2009

It is really interesting to look back at my early mapping projects, and realise all the progress that I made since 2006.Here's my very first mapping test (on my neighbours house in Bristol), with a small projector projecting light through the window. There are only a few rectangles and squares, and there all very simples, but it took me several hours to create masks and to adapt the visual content (I was using the "grid technique" at the time).

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Introduction to visual mapping.

Tue 17 Mar, 2009

Visual mapping became very popular in the VJing / Video Art domain in the past 2 years, but this technique is still quite unknown by the general public. The idea of visual mapping is quite simple: forget about usual rectangular projections on screen, point a video projector at ANY object/surface, and turn it into a custom display !

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