BCAA

The systems developed by BCAA find an opportune implementation in the world of performing arts thanks to their refined interaction between machine and performer, be it a dancer, actor, musician, and so on. In particular, the Kilyka system created by BCAA has proven to be very versatile, for example in dance it allows the dancer to develop a soundtrack for the choreography in real-time, activating it through his/her own movements.

This is all possible thanks to one of the many uses of Motion capture, a process which identifies, captures, analyzes movement, and transforms it into numerical data which is processed by a computer. Motion capture is also the basis of The Ge-Dhir journey, which makes use of 3DOM technology. In fact, this time the system won’t track the performers but rather the visitors, it will detect their position in the space, their skeletal pattern, and their movements, which will correspond to interactive events with the system itself. However, the signal-response model is not mechanical: while taking into account an enormous amount of variables, it presents itself as a complex environment of creative interaction, unachievable through analogical tools, thus representative of an advanced digital universe. At the same time, with its articulations in time and space, the installation is also a metaphor of the voyage into the unknown.

BCAA is the result of the convergence of three professionals involved in the creation and development of innovative products and of service integrating motion capture, audio, animation, communication, web and multimedia systems. BCAA partners with CNR and won the Premio Innovalazio in 2007 with K.I.S. (Kilyka Interactive System), a powerful and versatile communication instrument utilizing natural interfaces that was named the year’s most innovative product.

TECHNIQUE

3DOM system is capable of interpreting movements of the human body and making it the subject of optical projections, audio vibrations, and interactive audiovisual stimuli.

Conceived and developed by Mirko Arcese and Luca Biada produced by BCAA srl