Multimodalities in Metadata: Gaia Gate
tyson moll
Project Description
GAIA GATE is a multimodal digital camera and locative mobile game showcasing external contextual metadata (ECM) as it benefits app design and data visualization. The camera allows users to capture photographs of their surroundings and attach metadata that describes the current weather, biome, and celestial data relative to the position it was taken. Alternatively, users may import their existing geo-tagged photos.The locative game experience is a demonstrative works showcasing the potential for multimodal frames to be employed in contextually relevant digital applications. Using global positioning data, levels are procedurally generated using datapoints including biome, anthrome, weather, and sun position to stylize the level, modify the arrangement of hazards, and make visual aesthetic decisions. Gaia Gate extends existing notions of metadata and context in photography, encouraging developers to create applications about moments and our surroundings.
BIO
Tyson Moll is a Digital Futures M. Des graduate from Toronto, ON. He develops games, tinkers and creates electronic gadgets, programs, produces a variety of applications, and enjoys fabricating digital objects. Tyson completed his Bachelor Degree in Architectural Studies at Carleton University and studied Computer Science at the University of Toronto before attending OCAD University. His research interests lie in investigating how data can be manipulated and represented and moving electronics and software to more outdoor, active domains. Check out his portfolio at https://tysonmoll.ca or follow his project development on twitter at @vvvultures.