Comments on: That unicorn is really a lap dog: The secret details in 4 classic paintings revealed

By: The Sea Lion Psychiatrist

The Sea Lion Psychiatrist — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:14:21 +0000

This is just awesome! Almost sci-fi

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By: Edward Denison

Edward Denison — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:53:40 +0000

Good to know that people are actually putting some thought into the UX. Not being an art historian and not having used the app I couldn’t really comment further though I would’ve thought that pinching to draw a box or drawing an outline of the area you want uncovered would normally be a more effective way of seeing what’s underneath (and perhaps not mutually exclusive to the rubbing method)

By: Mark Geoffrey Kirshner

Mark Geoffrey Kirshner — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:22:52 +0000

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By: David Vanoni

David Vanoni — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:15:59 +0000

Hi Edward,

I am one of the graduate students working with Seracini at UC San Diego and am responsible for the development of the app. I appreciate your interest in Seracini’s work and your feedback on the app itself. I wanted to let you know that the app does in fact allow the user to do exactly what you described. Once a painting is recognized by the app, the user can select from any of the available multispectral layers to overlay onto the live camera view of the painting in real time. As such, all of the available data can be viewed without having to use the touch screen interaction as Seracini demonstrated. However, the touch interaction enables the user to investigate specific areas of the data while maintaining the context of the surrounding area.

Please let me know if you have any additional comments or questions.

Regards,
David Vanoni

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Art Links – 13 October 2012 « Forsyth Center Galleries — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:39:52 +0000

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:14:27 +0000

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By: Edward Denison

Edward Denison — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:03:28 +0000

All fantastic stuff, but that implementation of the tablet app is terrible. If, instead, you held it up to the painting and it shows you on the screen what’s underneath, like some sort of handheld instantaneous x-ray, then you’d have something useful (you don’t need to see the painting on the app because the painting is right in front of you). Otherwise you remove the whole point of putting it on a portable device and you’re needlessly playing up to the touch screen gimmick.