PrintCade

PrintCade is an installation that reanimates an old printer into a retro arcade experience using arcade joysticks and buttons from the 80s to control old printers and generate sound as if playing a physical version of the classic 1980s arcade game, “Space Invaders” When the button is pressed on the joystick the installation illuminates and “fires” virtual shots to an array of aliens on the wall above the piece It also makes sounds and when the joystick is moved, the printer head moves back and forth mimicking the 1980s arcade aesthetic.

Video by ARTE Creative

Photos from transmediale

 

Details

The project emphasizes how recycled objects can retain life reincarnated as new interfaces that maintain their kinetic edge and drive The system simulates the classic game of space invaders from a physical perspective with lights, and physical sound effects created by a spinning internal compute fan that knocks against the main panel of the project

Exhibitions

• PrintCade Invaders @ NYC Media Lab, New York, USA, 2019
• World Maker Faire New York, New York, USA, 2018 (blog post)
• Afterglow, Art Hack Day, transmediale, Berlin, Germany, 2014

 

PrintCade: Invaders at NYC Media Lab

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ9BrZxy8fY