Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China – Ruokun Chen & Jimmz Zhang

Talk: Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China

Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China
In this talk, Ruokun Chen and Jimmz Zhang will describe the technical development of various commercial projects using TouchDesigner, including kinetic installations and a laser control system.
The first project that will be addressed is a kinetic installation control system developed for launch events for both Audi and Volkswagen. Photo and video documentation will be shown in order to explain how this system works with pre-rendered video, real-time projection, and dance performances. This particular technique is based on DMX512 and Art-NET protocol. This presentation will also detail how the design team used GLSL to calculate 40k channels of DMX channels in real time for the Audi Launch in Guangzhou and the troubleshooting techniques they developed for the project.
Chen and Zhang will also discuss the laser control system that they integrated with the Audi A6L Launch in January 2019 and will share how they were able to make the system cooperate precisely in relation to a holography show.
A further technical discussion will describe and explain EtherDream and laser machine in connection to TouchDesigner. A further technical discussion will describe and explain how to control Lasers from within TouchDesigner using the Etherdream interface. The presenters will also elaborate on a tdu.Matrix based cornerpin correction that can be deployed for laser projections.
The talk will be brought together by a discussion of workflows for the development of control systems in addition to an overview of the technical specifications of different hardware and software. The presenters will display technical resources, including .toe files and animation FBX files, in order for attendees to better understand the concepts presented.

Presenters: Ruokun Chen
Ruokun Chen is the founder and CEO of Digital FUN (creative studio), as well as the President of the Chinese TouchDesigner Community. His studio has taken part in multiple large-scale projects including the Volkswagen CC Launch (Shanghai), the Audi A8L Launch (Hainan), the Lululemon “1000 People Yoga” event (Beijing), and the performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Vancouver). He has experience as a technical developer and a special effects designer.
In December 2018, Digital FUN organized the first TouchDesigner forum in Shanghai, which lasted seven days and included Ben Voigt, as well as many artists from Japan, Greece, and Russia. More than 7000 people attended the event.

Jimmz Zhang
Jimmz Zhang is a 3D visual artist and designer who graduated from the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, Canada. His projects contain lighting installation design, interactive art projection, VR experience and game art. Through working on various directions of digital media he explores the unlimited prospect of multiple realities.
By combining his undergraduate degree in environmental design with his interest in digital media he embraces vitality, creativity and innovation. He hopes to convey through his designs and artworks messages about the relationship between human and their surroundings, stimulating sensations from users while evoking their imaginations or emotions attached to a particular environment.

Website: Digital Fun – http://www.digitalfun.net/
TEA – http://www.tea-community.com/
TouchDesigner Chinese book: http://www.digitalfun.net/book