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Scientist Uses iPhone to 'Paint' Light on Buildings

by Amar Toor on June 11, 2010 at 08:10 AM

In our ongoing look at Tech Art History, we've been examining how technology has revolutionized the ways in which we both create and consume art. And, as we've seen, technology, among other things, has blurred the once impermeable divisions between artist and observer, and between the commercial and the artistic. It's a continuously fluid and evolving paradigm that German researcher Johannes Schöning seems to perfectly encapsulate with his new creation, called the iPhone Remote Interaction System (iRiS).

As PSFK explains, the iRIS essentially allows iPhone users to "paint" the side of a building with light. Once you point the device at a building whose facade is equipped with the proper lighting system, and capture it in the iPhone's viewfinder, you can paint it by sliding your finger around and choosing the palette of your choice. We have absolutely no idea of how this actually works, but if you understand German, you might be able to pick up on something in this demo video. [From: PSFK]

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