Alpenglow

"Alpenglow" uses an interface of pulse sensors hooked up to an Arduino Uno to create colorful bursts of light to the rhythm of a viewer's pulse, visible with the help of a laptop and projector.

Meant to inspire collaboration and conversations of change, the multiple pulse sensors and a microphone requires 4 people to see the full experience.

The code is modified from Pavel Dobryakov's WebGL Fluid Simulator and any adjustments are noted in the code - the main adjustments include the Arduino capabilities and changing the "random" event to happen based on serial communication

(Due to the set up of the pulse sensors, there is an obvious physical "bug" where the reflected light caused false pulses. The original design with embedded pulse sensors avoided this, though it was sadly beyond my woodworking skills. However, it did make for easy footage!)