Kuan Huang (黄宽)
Master of Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
Maurice Kanbar Instituteof Film & Television
Tisch School of Art, New York University
Email: hawk.huang@nyu.edu
Blog: 东村吉普赛(Villagypsy.com)

Research Interests:
Mobile computing, Loation based media, VOIP application, Interactive Gaming


Some recent projects:

Skymap

Skymap is a mobile application that runs on GPS-enabled mobile devices to display the current sky at the user's current location

It's a collaberation work with Jared Lamenzo and Mohit SantRam

 

Skymap will be on the new GPS enabled iPhone

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Wildlab

Wildlab uses GPS data via mobile device to deliver real-time birding information.

It's a collaberation work with Jared Lamenzo and Mohit SantRam

Talking Head On Skype

A Skype plugin that promotes a talking avatar social network.

Users can select a voki character to start a video conference on skype. The lip shapes of the avatar also responses to human voice in real time.

 

Faceplate Gazing Tracking System

Faceplate is a patent-pending software that tracks faces and advertising impressions in indoor retail stores and out door spaces. It is currently in use in Port Autority, New York.

Evan Barba is the other main developer of this project..

Space Invaders 2006
Space Invaders 2006 is my thesis project. It is a video game(space invaders) which is projected against a building (NYU Tisch Hall). The interface of the game is designed in a way which fits the shape of the architecture. A player is controlling an aircraft "remotely" to shoot down those invaders by his/her movement in a physical space. If a player moves left or right, the aircraft moves left or right; if a player jumps or raises hands, the aircraft fires.

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Rethinking the classroom: Music Monkey
Music Monkey is an interactive environment which is designed for children with physical disability, that confines them to wheelchairs. In this environment, children can play a musical educational video game, which is projected against the blackboard, by moving their wheelchairs in the classroom. The wheelchair works as a game joystick and children can learn the basic skills of operating the control of their wheelchairs through playing the games.

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CellWish
A text message based 3D public video installation. People can send their good wish via SMS of cellphone and share the good karma with the other people in the public space.

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MobileCowboys in Neitherland || Textually.org || ITP winter show 2005 in New York University

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PROFLUX2006

Crayons, Interactive Sketchbook (No website yet)
'Crayons', a virtual space inspired by minimalist art, is a three-screen installation about the sculptures of Sol Lewitt. 'Crayons' can respond to a viewer's movement by creating streams of information processed inside the virtual world.

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IMCEXPO, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, April 05

Club Robot
It is a music instrument controlled robot which can dance and spit in response to the different lights shot on it. The lights is controlled by a music instrument -- Turntable.

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Sony Wonder Tech Lab, New York, Nov 05

Virtual Instrument
The instrument is controlled remotely by the performer's motion of the body and the gesture.

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last updated January-2006