LINK - the vvvv Summer Camp 24

Location:	Funkinstitut
Where:	Germany
From:	22 Aug 2024 12:00
To:	25 Aug 2024 12:00

Link 24 was a blast!

Thanks to evvvveryone who made this amazing gathering possible and memorable. Over the four days at the summer camp, participants engaged in smaller groups to chat, share ideas, and discuss various topics. The following is a brief overview of each topic, who was involved, and the direction of the discussions.

Meet the participants:

Now let’s have a look at what has happened:

01. Laser

TremensS, tomson, ravel_of, Noor, Maxime, eddyoaa, notfelix, dalrae

Discussions:

Laser safety induction by TremensS
Potential upcoming workshop by TremensS
Patch sharing on element channel

02. Plotter

iorec, m4d, larsek

Discussions:

They got the core functionality working
Can draw basic SVG elements, (primitives only)
Skia will get a GCodeWriter node

03. Controlling software

Natan Sinigaglia, gregsn, David Brüll, azeno, texone

Discussions:

How to simplify Kairos for typical usecases
How Kairos and Global Channels work together
Seeing and timelining global channel data
We now know where we want to get to and how it should feel like, implementation details come later
Particle life help patch already showcases some ideas
Trying to find common UI workflows
Kairos as a VL extension progress made by azeno and Natan
Currently working on adding a default timeline
New nuget is already available! Read the announcement on the VL.Kairos chat for more information.

04. AI

benju, Hayden_A

Discussions:

Measured general interest
Collected ideas and usecases
Auto node completion
XML copy/paste tests (AI generates XML that we can paste into the editor as nodes)
Loading models insisde vvvv by Hayden (coming soon…)
azeno is getting involved in providing data to be used by models

05. Teaching Patching

benju, iorec, David Brüll, sebl, automath

Discussions:

General discussion about education in the field of media arts
Finding a good opener topic for beginners
Generating WOW effect for students
Why are we using vvvv as a tool to teach programming to media art students?
F1 blue bubbles are clickable! (they show all help patches where a node is used)

06. Supercollider

chk Discussions:

Audio driver is running
VL integration for audio synthesis application
Two approaches possible, higher level nodeset by chk, lower level nodeset by cnisidis
cnisidis is already working on underlying scaffolding

07. VJing tool

eddyoaa, prt, ravel_of, chk

Discussions:

Goal is to address media artists who maybe don’t want to go so deep into the programming side
Framework/scaffolding to build VJ tools
Patch your own effects
Standalone application
Editor only patch
Gamma extension
ravel_of already has a tool which was used as a baseline as is already being extended (almost ready…)
Element channel coming

10. Steam Games

CeeYaa, ravazquez, amir, reaktant

Discussions:

General interest in bringing gamma built games and experiences into Steam to draw attention to vvvv and Stride in other communitites
Using steam to share not only games but also interactive experiences (music visualizer, meditation/excercise apps, virtual worlds, AR content)
In depth review of steamworks publishing workflow and pipelines
Test CeeYaa’s ImGui game launcher prototype
Initial integration of reaktant’s gamepad support into existing games
We need a studio name and logo!

11. TOR Browser

sebescudie, dlvr

Discussions:

Nuget TOR browser support was developed and published during LINK!
Allows scrapping of data without restrictions (new IPs can be easily obtained if current IP is blocked/banned)
Allows access to the web from different countries. (Useful by geofencing.)
Allows access to the dark side of the web (be nice and handle with care!)

12. FUSE+TextureFX

gregsn, azeno, sebl, Natan Sinigaglia

Discussions:

How do these two worlds relate to each other?
How can we improve inter-operability?

NODE Institute

David Brüll

workshop ideas for the coming semester:

A workshop about controlling lasers by TremensS
A workshop covering best practices about Building Applications in vvvv by sebl and ravazquez
A hands on Supercollider + vvvv workshop by chk
Creative Robots series workshop by amir

Showcase

Special thanks to sebl who kicked off a series of conversation and project showcases.

sebl, chk, amir, ravazquez, David Brüll, Maxime

Discussions:

Overview of interactive application made in FUSE with amazing water material shaders, swimmers and jumping dolphins!
Project structure discussion with chk
Comparison between architectures and approaches when building gamma applications
Workshop in the making with ravazquez

Node based Haiku

During the summer camp, the patcher-poets showcased their node-based Haiku skills, give them a moment and enjoy what the nodes have to tell you. Here is another one: