17 August 2011 | Print page | 
Machine Vision Meets Arts – AVT at the Pure Data Convention
140 specialists from 27 nationalities discuss programming language for electronic music and interactive art installations. AVT sponsors the event and supports camera integration development.
Users and developers of the Pure Data programming language (Pd) gathered for the fourth Pure Data Convention from August 8-14 , 2011 in Weimar and Berlin, Germany. After Graz, Montreal and São Paulo, the event was hosted by the Bauhaus University and the Franz Liszt College of Music in Weimar, Germany. The Program included conferences, workshops, concerts and exhibitions in Weimar and Berlin.
Pure Data is an open-source programming interface used for acoustic design, electronic music and interactive arts as well as commercial applications such as computer games or mobile apps.
Machine Vision Meets Music and Arts
Digital image processing is often used for interactive multimedia applications. “Cameras with low latency is key for real-time applications in music, arts and interactive design such as vision-based music instruments or motion sensing-driven dance performances”, explains IOannes Zmölnig of the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics in Graz, Austria, who drives the development of camera interfaces with Pure Data.
AVT sponsored the Pure Data Convention and participated in technical discussions on camera integration. Allied Vision Technologies has established itself as the camera supplier of choice for multimedia entertainment and arts. Spectacular vision applications such as the music synthesizer Reactable, the Virtual Stage virtual floor or the interactive Forever 21-Billboard on Times Square run with AVT-cameras.