I am looking to create an installation to remember lives lost from an epidemic. I have lots of experience in using GLSL shaders and software such as Madmapper and Synesthesia, though these are limited and ToughDesigner seems like a better fit. I would love advice on how to create an experience which can show a projected name and generative visuals for each individual.
The installation will be comprised of 200 1m RGBW bars in a 60ft diameter circle. Below is a mockup of the type of experience I am looking to create, combined with a projection of the name related to the visual.
I plan to work with a team of volunteers to digitize memorial plates, where we extract the individual’s name, primary and secondary colors, and identify a theme and/or iconography that can be used for visualization. Below is a description of how I imagine it could work:
- Select a row at random from a spreadsheet with the fields
name
,primaryColor
,secondaryColor
,pattern
,effect
- Create a moving visual output via Syphon to the LED mapping software, and a separate visual to project the person’s name
- Repeat after 10 seconds (fading out and in)
I would really appreciate advice on how to parse this type of information into TouchDesigner, and have it cycle through different individuals.
Thank you in advance!