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Giant hand torments city goers
MAKE Magazine —
... Here's an excellent use for a giant LED billboard: a crazy augmented reality installation. The appropriately titled Hands From Above was made by artist Chris O'Shea. Want to create your own? You might run into trouble finding such a nice billboard to use, however the programming environments he used- openFrameworks and openCV - are both freely available. His source code doesn't seem to be available though, unfortunately. [via interactive architecture]
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Augmented Reality Finger Billboard Prods, Destroys Passersby [Art]
Gizmodo —
... The effect is playful and charming for adults, though it may cause minor metaphysical crises in small children and pets. For art! [Interactive Architecture via ...
Hand from Above frightens kids, makes school girls giddy
SlashGear —
... Augmented reality is typically associated with apps for the iPhone today with other images overlaid on a live picture of your surroundings. Artist Chris O’Shea has installed a new public art piece called “Hand form Above” in England. ...
