Pattern Synthesis for Low-Resolution Displays

Limbic Media创造了互动艺术装置，其中灯光阵列对环境中的声音做出反应，并相应地改变其颜色和亮度。目前，照明设计师手工构建图案需要相当的精力和费用。这个项目将研究自动模式合成的算法，自动生成有趣的视觉结构；这些既可以直接用于装置，也可以作为设计师的灵感。****光阵列的分辨率较低，涉及数百到数万盏灯；这与一般的摄影和合成图像形成对比，后者通常使用数百万像素。低分辨率图案合成的研究很少，尽管在点画、像素艺术和低分辨率着色方面的冒险提供了一些先例。因此，我们面临的研究挑战是找到用于在低分辨率上下文中创建和表示模式的算法和数据结构。****我们的第一步将是强加一些结构的安排灯。每一盏灯都与它的少数邻居相连。利用这些联系，我们可以推断出局部结构和构造模式。我们将研究抽象模式，动态模式，甚至潜在的代表性模式，尽管可用的灯光很少，但它们传达了可识别场景的感觉。这些图案将被我们的工业合作伙伴用于创造令人惊叹的互动灯光秀和艺术。******

Limbic Media creates interactive art installations in which arrays of lights react to sound in the environment, changing their color and brightness in response. At present, a lighting designer constructs patterns manually at considerable effort and expense. This project will investigate algorithms for automated pattern synthesis, making interesting visual structures automatically; these can either be used directly in an installation or serve as inspiration for the designer.****The light array has moderately low resolution, involving hundreds to tens of thousands of lights; contrast this with general photographic and synthetic imagery, where it is common to use millions of pixels. Low-resolution pattern synthesis has been little studied, although ventures into stippling, pixel art, and low-resolution colorings provide some precedent. Thus we have the research challenge of finding algorithms and data structures for creating and representing patterns in the low-resolution context.****Our first step will be to impose some structure on the arrangement of lights. Each light will be linked with a small number of its neighbours. Using these links, we can reason about the local structure and construct patterns. We will investigate abstract patterns, dynamic patterns, and even potentially representational patterns, that convey the sense of a recognizable scene despite the small number of lights available. These patterns will then be used by our industrial partner in creating breathtaking interactive lightshows and art.******