Highcross Lanterns’ Ambient
Generative digital artwork for the seven, seven meter tall totems in Leicester’s Highcross.
The public artwork responds to the positions of the sun, a hyperlocal forecast and proximity of people walking nearby.
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Role
Visual Design, Code
Tech Used
- Unity3d — volumetric shaders using Cg and other shaders using ShaderLab
- C# — inc. custom SSI UDP client
- Node.js — sun position calculations
- PHP & XSLT — realtime weather with content management for palettes and events creation
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