How it works (based on the 'movie matching version' @ the Nederlands Film Festival)

• A participant steps into the SjansMachine photo booth. The camera automatically detects the presence of a person and takes a photo, using face detection
  
  
• By showing QR-tags in front of the camera, the participant enters his three favorite movie genres ('drama', 'action', 'thriller', 'comedy', etc.)
  
  
• The 'photo booth computer' sends the new information to the 'animation computer'
  
  
• The animation computer controls three projectors that are projecting images on 24 (semi-translucent) sanded plexi glass squares that form the big 'SjansMachine projection wall' (dimension: 6m x 1m = 19.7' x 3.3')
  
  
• The new portrait will be added to the photos on the wall and will replace the oldest one
  
  
• The photos on the wall are constantly shifting from square to square
  
  
• At random times the animation computer compares all the participants who are shown on the wall and calculates the 'best match', based on their movie genre choices
  
  
• The pictures of the matched couple will be animated during some time on the SjansMachine wall (the 'match animation')
  
  
• A third computer, the 'visualization computer', will show a 3d visualization of the last match. It uses Augmented Reality (AR) to do so. When someone holds an 'AR-marker' in front of the camera, a 3d object will show up on the marker (on the computer screen) to reveal specific details about the match, including the photos, movie top-3’s and calculated compatibility score
  
  
• The matched couple will be treated with a drink to get to know each other better!

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project description (v2.0)