Lit Tree – creative mapping with kinect

via Kimchi and Chips

A small potted tree has a perpetual conversation with people. Through the use of video projection, a tree is augmented in a non-invasive way, enabling the presentation of volumetric light patterns using itʼs own leaves as voxels (3D pixels).

Kimchi and Chips have developed their own structured light system to scan in the location of every pixel in 3D, allowing a cloud of scattered projector pixels to be used as 3D Voxels. The tree invites viewers with a choreographed cloud of light that can respond visitors motion. As visitors approach, they can explore the immediate and cryptic nature of this reaction. The tree can form gestures in this way, and can in turn detect the gestures of its visitors.

How amazing is this?