Darren Woodland
Research Evolution: Part 1
Sound and Space: The Beginnings of Sonic Persona Invocation When we first embarked on this research journey, our main objective was to...
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Darren Woodland
- May 16
- 6 min
Hybrid Methodologies in the Intersection of Sound, Space, and Identity
Introduction: In previous posts, the methodologies of Arts-based research, Practice-based Research, and Experimentalism were outlined. In...
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Darren Woodland
- May 16
- 3 min
ABR, PBR, and Experimentalism in Digital Media
Introduction: Arts-Based Research (ABR), Practice-Led Research (PBR), and Experimentalism are three methodologies that have particular...
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Darren Woodland
- May 16
- 3 min
ABR, PBR, and Experimentalism Methodologies
Introduction: Research methodologies in the fields of arts, design, and digital media have evolved, embracing innovative approaches to...
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Darren Woodland
- May 16
- 3 min
Defining Sound: Sonic Virtuality and Emergent Perception
Introduction: In this post, I will discuss the definition of sound used for my research, which is based on the concept of Sonic...
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Sound, Movement, and Imagination
In a recent post, I discussed my findings and understanding of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) and Labnotation (LN) and their relationship...
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation, and Dance Composition
This post will go over my findings and understandings around Laban Movement Analysis, Labanotation, and the relation to dance theory and...
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Where It All Began - Video
I want to take a moment to describe the beginning of my research journey and how I ended up in the current state of focusing on dance and...
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Recreating Planeta's "Fields" in UE
In this post, I want to discuss some preliminary tests for recreating similar functionality to an AR spatial sound app called Fields....
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Performance of "MetaSounds for Airports"
This is my first "performance" test of MetaSounds for Airports. This first working prototype, experimentation test was achieved by...
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Darren Woodland
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Body Data Mappings (3D) v1
This is where I will discuss the first iteration of doing Laban Analysis visualization in 3D. In this first version of creating dynamic...
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Darren Woodland
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Body Tracking w/ MetaSounds
NeoKinect body tracking with Pivot Arrows attached Some more, tangible, and sonic, progress has been made. So, let's discuss. I got body...
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Darren Woodland
- Feb 26
- 2 min
The Project: Explained
You know, I thought it high time I explained in a bit more detail, what exactly it is that I am trying to make in UE5. The current...
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Darren Woodland
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Random Pure Data Silliness
I decided to do something tangentially related to the project and explore Pure Data. I went down a rabbit hole and ended up on YouTube...
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Darren Woodland
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Body Data Mappings (2D)
Since my research and other project-based explorations will be using the human body as the main input for the procedural sound synthesis...
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Darren Woodland
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Roadmap / Schedule - Revised
A need has arisen to update/revise the development roadmap for the project. 02/15/23 - Visual Mappings (2D) - Close to complete Laban's...
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Darren Woodland
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Initial Unreal Engine Prototype - Hand Tracking
The below video is an initial prototype for the project created in Unreal Engine 5.1. As mentioned in an earlier post the current...
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Darren Woodland
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Research Area and Digital New Media Project
As an individual who has studied and performed music, and has interests in video games, animation, and immersive technology, I have...
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Darren Woodland
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Initial Commit of Research Blog
Welcome to my research blog. Here I will cover areas of my PhD research and topics related to 3D, sound, space, procedural generation,...
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