Quantum Itineraries Live Visuals
A suite of tools and visualizations in Unity for live-generated 3D visuals projected behind performers at 8K for dome or classical displays, using procedurally generated meshes and shaders. I built the system for the Quantum Itineraries ↗ music performances, a festival featuring quantum computer music where quantum simulations are core to composition and instrumentation. The system used WebRTC to route Unity's output to a mixer, while artists on stage built custom controllers with OSC to drive the visual-state in Unity, all powered by the same data from the quantum computer simulations that created the music.
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