3/15/2023 0 Comments Xdream evolving images for visualThis was an experiment to see if the world was ready for psy-trance trip visual dvds. ![]() I also helped on Sherris revolutionary new book DEVELOPING DIGITAL SHORT FILMS, also on Newriders pub, My next product was the MAGNUS DVD. It sold nearly 20,000 copies world wide and was translated into 4 languages including Korean, Polish, Russian and German. Our 1st product was a best selling and very visible book, the first one on its subject of making your dreams come true using 3D tools titled MAYA CHARACTER ANIMATION, Newriders pub, still available on Amazon but now out of print. So we re-educated ourselves in a variety of ways and re-focused on a product based model for our company. We had a realization that there was no future in service when a product we helped create for a flat fee sold over 1 million copies (We created the highly acclaimed 3D multimedia enhanced CD for the 2nd album for THE REAL MCCOY). We worked as a service company doing multimedia and 3D fx for all sorts of corporate and entertainment big shots. We actually got someone to pay us to sit around and make art for nearly 2 years and when the bubble burst I took my tax return and started Minds Eye Media with my partner, another former student of mine as well Sherri Sheridan in 95. ![]() In 2004 I started to write Psy-trance with Chromatone and Random under the title Phoenix Family and in 2005 Mindstorm, my solo project was born!įullonline: Tell me about what you have done professionally and what you're doing now.ĭoctor Spook: Way back in 94 I started my own company, Media Bytes, with some friends and students (I meet the investor/president in a class I was teaching). In 98 at Burning Man I started DJing and producing psy-trance events. Finally a party where EVERY TRACK was great! Now 10 years later I think it has really grown on me. When I heard Psychopod aka Kox Box ie Ian Orion, blasting out the beats I was sooo hooked! The music was unbelievable. The funny thing is I was pretty damn sober for much of it (sleep dep not counting). I partied for 3 days with out stopping watching the sun rise each time over those majestic pointed mountain tops. I have been searching for psy-trance, or what it was back when, since the late 80s but I finally found it at Burning Man 96 at the CCC camp 7 miles from nowhere in the middle of the black rock desert under a 30 foot tall alien. My music production was mostly jamming with other producers but I started building a studio in 96 after my first encounter with Goatrance. Making 3D trip art helped keep me involved in the early SF electronica scene in the 90s, projecting at my first rave, Cyberfest in 94. I created my first 3D and sound work on this machine with some of the first digital tools ever available for artists. Digital art came around 91 with my first computer a Mac 2 LC, incidentally provided by my same amazing grandma. I have been into art since my grandma taught me to draw at the age of 2. Born in Tuscan Arizona, I did most of my growing up in California but San Francisco has been my home for 20 years. I have had the nickname "Spook" since 16 years of age. If you have any questions please contact the organizers at more detailsFullonline: Who is "Doctor Spook", where are you from and when you started to produce digital art?ĭoctor Spook: Doctor Spook is my title as DJ and VJ/Animator. The workshop is supported by the Center for Brain Science NeuroTheory Initiative and the Harvard Mind Brain and Behavior interfaculty initiative. The deadline for posters is August 19 th. ![]() We will be evaluating submissions for contributed talks on a rolling basis but please submit by August 15 th if you want to be considered for a talk. The link for registration and submission for a contributed talk or poster is here: There will be many opportunities for informal interactions. Participating faculty include Petros Koumoutsakos, Na Li, Susan Murphy, Maurice Smith, and Nao Uchida. The workshop will feature talks from faculty, contributed talk by students and postdocs, a poster session, roundtables, and a tutorial. We are pleased to announce the “RL at Harvard” workshop that will be held on August 29 th-30 th in the Northwest building. The goal of the meeting is to bring together the growing community of Harvard researchers and students interested in reinforcement learning across disciplines, from psychology to machine learning, neuroscience, and robotics.
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