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Adaptive Spaces

In September 2004 I took up a part-time Masters in Digital Art & Technology, and this week I submitted my final project and thesis.

The project is location-aware audio software that allows you to make field recordings while out walking, and simultaneously playback the recordings made by other people in the same area.

The thesis is titled — wait for it — Adaptive Spaces: Technological Augmentation of the post-Situationist Urban Experience. Actually I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, as I at least managed to work through some of the many random-but-somehow-related thoughts I’ve been having about this area over the last couple of years. If you are one of the few people who gets around to reading it, I would love to hear from you.

You can get the source code of the project and a PDF copy of the thesis at this page: Adaptive Spaces.

Stick a fork in me, I’m done.


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4 Responses to “Adaptive Spaces”

  1. Robin Blandford Says:

    Looks very interesting.

    What kit is needed?

  2. emmetc Says:

    A GPS unit connected to a laptop, and headphones. For my implementation I added some extra bells and whistles (a radio mic and a Powermate to control the audio), but they’re not really necessary. More info on requirements here.

  3. Diarmaid Says:

    Well done man, congrats! So tell me whens the ’80s fancy dress party?! :)

  4. cnnr Says:

    good work boss! congrats!
    i downloaded the document and will be lookin over it when the workload gets tooooo muchoooooo.

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