Prototyping Interfaces – Interactive Sketches with VVVV is now available
Mentioned earlier on this blog, the book Prototyping Interfaces – Interactive Sketches with VVVV is out!
In short (from Vimeo):
The book “Prototyping Interfaces – Interactive Sketches with VVVV” covers within 280 pages the applied handling of interactive sketches with the visual programming language VVVV. It is divided into two main chapters, a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part concerns the definition and the meaning of the term “prototype” in the designprocess. The practical part of the book branches the basics of the visual programming language VVVV and how to control different electronic components with Arduino and VVVV. Beginning from the use of different sensors and actuators to modern tracking technologies like the xBox Kinect, different examples are explained within a wide range of tutorials.
Unfortunately the book itself is with  €75,- a bit pricey ( Rickard, perhaps we could get a copy for the workshop?), but all the example patches can be downloaded for free from the site.  The software itself, VVVV, is free as well and can be downloaded here (windows only). You can sneak preview a few pages of the book on the VVVV blog.
During my current internship I had the pleasure to work with the 2 guys who started VVVV. They used the software to program our installation for this year’s design week in Milan. The setup was quite complicated, as it consisted of 6 kinects, sound,  and 8 lasers that were custom built for this project. It was super inspiring to see them at work, and I was deeply impressed by what the software is capable of. They also run a small studio, and most of their projects (if not all) are also built using VVVV.
