Klaus Obermeier demonstrates a magnificent utilization of a single projected screen and motion capture with his artwork "Apparition". The tracking is so precise, when the one person has the stripes on him, and the other has no projection, it makes you wonder if the no-projection is even real because how he avoids any light bleeding onto his skin. The use of choreography, motion tracking, projection, and dynamic video really makes for an interesting combination that adds a lot to the art of dance.
Gideon Obarzanek presents another great example of projection with dancing and motion tracking. This time the projection is on the ground and I love his effects that focus on where the person had been, rather than just preventing video around them and interacting with it. The blob area recognition is awesome, and gives more of that idea of a blog.
Kevin Warwick has a different field of study where he is going into cybernetics, which really interest me. What's most amazing about this is that he did it in 1998! The technology he is using is now available in most smartphones. NFC technology and wifi transmitting through dedicated tunnels give us the ability to do all these things through our phones. This begs the question of do we need to be a cyborg when we have all those features in our hand? On one side neural interaction could only be done through cybernetics, but do we really want something to have a direct connection with our minds?
I can imagine that the only cybernetics I would really be for are those medical operations that restore full functionality of a person, such as the pressure sensitive robotic hands, and the implant that restored sight to someone born without it, or lost it to disease.
http://www.livescience.com/27252-eye-implant-restores-vision-blind.html
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