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Benjamin Day Smith

composer, musician, data scientist

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Ecology of the Tree (Game)

2013

An exploration into algorithmic tree generation, driven (“played”) by human motion (using a MS Kinect camera). As the player waves their arms the tree is stimulated to grow in different directions, budding leaves, and catching more ‘sun rays’ to grow further. But unwieldy branches and unstable structures will cause the tree to drop branches or even fall over!

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