Noisemaker Bot

I was poking around the internet, looking for good uses of procedural noise. (There are fewer comprehensive catalogs than you’d think.) And I came across Noisemaker Bot, a twitter bot by Alex Ayers that is combining various noise generators and functions to create patterns. Interestingly, it represents images as 32-bit tensors, which is, I think, rare in game applications but more common in scientific fields.

The bot has already generated a wide range of different designs, assembled from its large catalog of operations.

Noise-based patterns like these are more useful than just being pretty things to look at: deterministic, stateless noise pattern generation can be continued indefinitely while smoothly transitioning between any two given points, making it perfect for things like generating terrain. Or adding a bit of jitter to a procedural animation to give it life. Or animating screenshake. Or to pattern a fabric. Or to adjust timing delays on a data visualization to give it a more organic feel.

Any structured, quantitative signal can be used as an input to drive a whole host of different things, which is why I keep talking about unusual inputs. Generation needs structure, but that structure doesn’t necessarily have to be a realistic replication of anything.

A saw this from Alex Ayers IG and I was briefly like…”

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Andrew D. Meyer Quartet @ Gallery 121 Tomorrow Night!

Tomorrow night (June 11th) I’ll be playing live jazz at Gallery 121 in Massillon, OH. Joining me for the evening will be Alex Ayers on piano, Vinny Vivaqua on bass, and Dustin May on Drums…lucky me! Music starts at 8pm. Gallery 121 is a really trendy spot with crafty cocktails and an interesting beer list. I’ve played there a few times now and always had a great time. Hope to see you there!

Andrew Meyer Quartet @ Gallery 121 Oct 24th

I’m excited to announce that my quartet will be playing live jazz @ Gallery 121in Massillon, OH from 8.00-11pm on October 24th. The group features Alex Ayers on Piano, Vinny Vivaqua on Bass, Dustin May on Drums, and myself on saxophone. We’ll be playing standards/bossa nova. Gallery 121 is a really unique spot in Massillon. For those of you who haven’t been there, it’s unlike anything else we…

Digital Filmmaking students Joseph Pinzon, Wendy Zhao, Emily Garza, Kaitlin Solis, Maria Zuniga, Fathie Busyra, David Vasquez, Cullen Alexander, Alex Ayers, Vance Berk, Grayson Blackburn, Robert Ceja, Derrick Drake, Valeria Dominguez, Adam Garcia, Andrew Kim, Kelly Kmiecik, Evan Moore, Bobby Nash, Daune Patterson, Savanna Shaffer, D'Aja Washington and Gabby Wojtowicz will have their short films screened on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the University of Houston's visvidfest on the UH campus in the Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall Room 216.

visvidfest is a vehicle for high school students to show their creativity to a diverse audience. The judge is Marian Luntz, MFAH Curator for Film and Video.

Prizes include a 3d HDTV, Sony Blogies and portable hard drives. The schedule for the screenings is below with the entire Screenings 1 and 2 for Guthrie students. The Awards ceremony will be Friday 5/11 at 5PM.

All Screenings will be held at the University of Houston’s Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall Room 216 (take elevators next to Einstein Bagels, across from Ladies restroom when you get off of the elevator). Awards Ceremony 5:00p.m Friday May 11th, 2012 Room 216, Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall, University of Houston.

Click here for a map of the campus. We have been advised to allow an extra 30 minutes to park and find the building.

PARKING:

When you exit 45, you go West on Cullen, visitor booth (15G) is on the right next to Alumni Center, PGH Building is Entrance 14 on the left. The New Stadium Parking Garage is free for the first 30 minutes, then $2 per hour after that. If you go to the Visitor Booth (15G) across from entrance 16, you can get a visitor pass for $3, good all day, and you can park in the Robertson Stadium Parking lot. There is also Visitor metered parking in the Robertson Stadium Parking Lot for about $2/hour.

2012 High School visvidfest Screening Schedule

Screening One: 4 PM on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 (Listed by Entry Title):

I’m Here and You’re There

American Honey Music Video

Calling All The Monsters

Caravan

Welcome Home

The Chase to Mount Delicious

The Switch Up

Diversity

Diversity is…

SMILE

Cage The Elephant-Around My Head Music Video

Imagination

Prey

The Makings of Revenge

Screening Two: 5 PM on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 (Listed by Entry Title):

Help Wanted

Que Sera Music Video

It’s War- MBLAQ (Music Video)

Adams Song Music Video

Through The Eyes Of A Lens

Be Yourself

No Bullying PSA

Let Me Know if I’m Wasting My Time

Safeway Feature

Around The Corner

The Sundance Experience

The Life of Shoes

Ticket Chase

Truth Be Told

Zompocalypse

Screening Three: 4 PM on Thursday May 10th, 2012 (Listed by Entry Title):

Clean Mo – Sam Maser - Clear Brook High School

Interprose – Oliver Reznick – Clear Brook High School

You ‘N My Hood – Clear Falls High School A/V Production Students – Clear Falls High School

Day In The Life Of Joseph And T – Joseph Gomez – Clear Lake High School

5 Stages To Watching Lost – Robbie Janney (Collaboration) – Clear Spring High School

Playing

Strangers

The Illest Crew

Episode 1 Intro

The Lockdown

Experimental Film- Ramierz/Pham

Something Good Can Work

The Wrath Of Tag

The Other Side Of Town

Screening Four: 5 PM on Thursday May 10th, 2012 (Listed by Entry Title):

Inviting Eyes

Oh Baby

Confession…?!

fLAsh

Invisible

Journey

Yellow Truck

You’re Somebody That I Don’t Want To Talk To

Words Hurt

Cracked

An Undying Love

No Change to Spare

Schoolyard Guilt

Screening Five: 6 PM on Thursday May 10th, 2012 (Listed by Entry Title):

Pinto

Changes

Shoes For Kids

The Bench

The Depressed

Artificial Intelligence YouTube Ready

Community HISD Final

Enslaved By The Bell

Appreciation

MOTEL 13

Puzzles Connect More Than A Picture

Still Alive

Ultra YouTube Final