{"id":41,"date":"2013-01-11T04:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T04:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuguelike.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2013-02-13T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:22:43","slug":"announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing VOSC Visual Particle Synthesizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple screens from an app currently under development, to be released on iOS and Android, with other platforms\/versions to follow.<\/p>\n<p>It could be described as a visual particle synthesizer. It consists mainly of 4 oscillators that control the position of a vast array of on-screen particles. Adjustments to the frequency and shapes of the oscillators can produce some very intricate moving patterns.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an evolution and systemization of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/glyfconstruct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">phaSing<\/a>\u00a0series of flash toys\u00a0that I made quite a while back.\u00a0Here, the rendering and most of the \u201csynthesis\u201d calculations are performed using GPU shaders written in AGAL for the Stage3D feature of Flash Player \/ AIR.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen5-300x187.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen5-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen9-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"50\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen9.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen9-300x187.png\" 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src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"44\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen3.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen3-300x187.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen3-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen6-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"47\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen6.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen6-300x187.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen6-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen4-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"42\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen1-300x187.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen1-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen8-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"49\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen8.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screen8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen8-300x187.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen8-1024x640.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen7-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"48\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/announcing-vosc-visual-particle-synthesizer\/screen7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fuguelike.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/screen7.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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