{"id":1274,"date":"2025-03-11T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2025-12-27T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:04:40","slug":"touch-reactive-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"Touch Reactive Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Solarflare was asked to come up with a way to enhance guests&#8217; experience as they entered an event through a tropical garden. We came up with the idea of turning the plants into sensors which would trigger audio and video projection mapping as guests approached and touched them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the Biotron from Playtronica which detects subtle changes in capacitance of conductive objects (plant leaves) when another conductive object (guests) came near.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Atomized-Freuds-05.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I developed a program using Touchdesigner to respond to the midi values sent out from the Biotron devices and trigger different videos and sounds depending how strongly the plant was triggered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-35-17_Samsung_S22Plus-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each plant was projection mapped onto by photographing it from the perspective of the projector, then masking out only the leaves we wanted to project onto. Each video was masked by this to prevent images from spilling off the leaves. The mapping was fine tuned to align with the leaves using the Stoner comp. We used 4 projectors, each running from its own laptop and connected Biotron. Bluetooth speakers hidden in the plants made it sound like the audio was coming from the plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-20-40-32_Samsung_S22Plus-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect worked really well with guests engaging with the plants simply by reaching out or passing by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-2049x1154.jpg 2049w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stuartcupit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Photo-2025-03-11-12-13-25_Samsung_S22Plus-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solarflare was asked to come up with a way to enhance guests&#8217; experience as they entered an event through a tropical garden. 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