Pico Scan

by Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau

This example of virtual life lets you create artificial life from your body's measurements.

 

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PICO_SCAN (2000)- "an interactive installation that allows users to measure and capture  their users various body data and links them to the creation and evolution of artificial life creatures. The PICO_SCAN system consists of 5 PICO_SCANNER interface device and 5 plasma video screens. When the user picks up the PICO_SCANNER and scans along her body she generates various input data that are specific to her own body characteristics. The collected data information is then used to generate artificial life creatures that can feed on these color values provided by the users video image."
  • An installation to study the modeling of artificial evolution in research and interactive art.
  • Use a hand-held scanning device to capture various body data use this to create and evolve of artificial life creatures.
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