Where: 195g Elm Street, Davis Square
When: April 21st @7pm
Cost: Members/Free Non-Members/$10 suggested donation

We are going to explore the new open source software “Animata”. From the website:

The peculiarity of the software is that the animation - the movement of the puppets, the changes of the background - is generated in real-time, making continuous interaction possible. This ability also permits that physical sensors, cameras or other environmental variables can be attached to the animation of characters, creating a cartoon reacting to its environment. For example, it is quite simple to create a virtual puppet band reacting to live audio input, or set up a scene of drawn characters controlled by the movement of dancers.

We’ll take a look at the software, and see what it takes to make this go. At the end, we’ll post the user reviews to our blog.

Animata Website link.