Raylab: Current Projects

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MirrorSpace

MirrorSpace is a multi-user interactive installation that engages the user in manipulations of their own image. The prototype of MirrorSpace was exhibited at Extreme Computing in June 2002. Currently Raylab are developing this project to incorporate midi soundscapes, generated by users within the space.

ThereminTime

A theremin is embedded into a projection screen and is used to detect the presence of a user who is then able to control the speed of video clips projected onto the screen. When a user enters the theremins field of view the video plays faster. As the user moves towards he screen the clips slow until they eventually stop and then begin to play in reverse. This project was exhibited at Cyber Salon in the ICA, London. For more information on past projects using theremins and how it works click here.

LaserWorks

Raylab have an established track record in providing high quality laser projections for a variety of events including club/bars nights, exhibition openings, festivals and urban initiatives. We have a range of different strength lasers suitable for confined spaces as well as large outdoor public events. We have successfully collaborated with Jamie Reid on a number of occasions at events such as Peace is Tough in Dublin and Jump Ship Rat at Cream in Liverpool. We are also able to twin our interests in interactive technologies and lasers to provide unique user driven performances. If you want to play with an applet that allows you to design your own shows click here.

Antenna

Raylab are currently heavily involved in running workshops and developing antenna for consume.net and free2air.org. The antenna are designed to increase the range of WiFi cards using the 802.11b standard, and are a key part of consume.net's and free2air.org's strategies to provide free wireless access to London.

Take2030

RICHAIR2030 is a roaming wifi performance with an "after the net crash" fictional scenario set in year 2030. By year 2030, the great wireless hope that promises mobility and connectivity has bubbled. The GPS satellite signals have lost track of its urbanites when cutting through the Ozone layers. The ocean-apart digital divide has eventually sabotaged the Net we surf in. What remains of the feeble bandwidth is held out and safeguarded by the wireless freenetworkers, a striving public wireless DIY network movement sprouted worldwidein the early 21st century.

Radiospace

There are fifteen transmitters installed around and on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam, each broadcasting it's own musical layer. Van der Heide designed a receiver that allows you to receive and mix the signals of two, three or more transmitters simultaneously.
At a certain moment you receive one transmitter the strongest, the second a bit softer and the rest might be inaudible. By walking through the environment the balance between the transmitters is changing, new ones are fading in while others are fading out. Van der Heide: "The city centre forms a musical labyrinth with different layers of sound that, together, form a meta composition. By moving you mix the different layers which lead to new combinations and interferences."

ScratchVideo (prototype)

ScratchVideo is a variation on MirrorSpace, where sound takes the role of the sensor, OKO. ScratchVideo is intended for use at live performances with a dj or a band providing sound reactive live video projections as a backdrop to the performers. The system will control multiple cameras through a hardware unit controlled via a serial interface, whilst sounds are fed to the computer from a mixing desk. More to come....

DanceSpace (prototype)

Raylab are currently working with a choreographer, a VJ, an advertising art director and an AI developer to devise a device capable of capturing a users character and personality. Once captured, the users profile will be uploaded into a virtual environment where it will interact with other personalities. More to come....

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