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It is really very difficult to describe Kaleid-O-Scope.
It generates images inspired by the abstract art of the 20th century.However
the images are three dimensional and always moving and changing. Apart
from the obvious associations with a kaleidoscope it has been described
variously as being like a screen saver, a fish tank, a wave machine, like
mobile origami and even like a game, because the viewer can take control and
therefore guide the forms and colours that are generated.
Kaleid-O-Scope creates patterns from three-dimensional objects.These objects
take on different forms according to the perspective from which they are viewed
and the ways they are spaced and dimensioned. The programme can be run
automatically in which images are generated randomly. Alternatively, there are
sixteen different controls, which affect the number and form of the images and
10 that affect the colours.
Examples of the range of patterns generated by Kaleid-O-Scope are to be found in
the
images
section of this site.
Kaleid-O-Scope can run in any size of window or can be set to run full screen
without a border. The two demonstration videos were recorded in small windows
to reduce the file sizes. Pop up windows must be allowed for www.InnerEyePhotography.com before you can view the images.
There are two demonstration videos. Video 1 is an wmv file of 375KB which shows
the basic functioning of the programme. The video last 1 minute 13 seconds, but
plays in a loop
Click
here to view the first demonstration.
The user can allow a pattern to evolve rather than rather than to generate new
patterns at fixed time intervals. The second demonstration shows how the
initial pattern had evolved over and hour. The video is an AVI file of 493 KB
and lasts 1 minute thirty seconds, but plays in a loop
Click
here to view the second demonstration.
The images below are examples of initial patterns created by Kaleid-O-Scope. A
new pattern can be generated either manually by the user or automatically after
a given period of time. The new pattern always begins at the rotation point of
the previous pattern.
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