Kyle McDonald

It's a pneumatically driven system. More here: telematicdrumci rcle.net/description

Sorry for the huge delay. This was built with Open Frameworks, so that's a good place to start: openframeworks.cc/ Then download the source and compile it on your computer.

If you have some experience with coding, you could try rewriting it in Processing, too. Contact me if you're interested in this.

I like the idea of polarizing light to increase the effective resolution/pack more information in the same space. Unfortunately I don't think it would work, since polarized light loses its polarization when it bounces off most materials. This is why you need a special half-silvered screen when projecting polarized 3d movies.

Another way of dealing with the modulo effect/constant scale effect you mention is to modify the projected pattern so it has more low-frequency content.

Congratulations , this is quite developed now! Lots of gestures, which makes it really effective.

It'd be great to see a pic/video of this from behind.