PROJECTS SUMMARY
- CONTESTS
- 3rd Place - Hollywood Cinemetrics - 2012 Oscars
- 2nd Place - Olympia - 2012 London Olympics
- 1st Place - Balance of Power - 2012 US Presidential Elections
The Ultimate Sacrifice
The ultimate sacrifice, is there one? The pursuit of excellence for me is the ultimate sacrifice. I am the stranger, the homeless one, the weary traveler. For he who pursues excellence down the road the sacrifice is gentle. Some friends come along the journey, and parents are never far off. As I hone my skills to become a more productive part of society, my old self dies away. Like a snake I shed my skin. Old friends, some stranger due to the separation, but others reduced to a hello.
I am a part-time student at Harvard University, a gameplay programmer, and a graphics programmer by hobby. Aesthetics is a fundamental part of me, from the programs I develop to the way I live my life. I live in the USA and a second home in the UAE.
The ultimate sacrifice, is there one? The pursuit of excellence for me is the ultimate sacrifice. I am the stranger, the homeless one, the weary traveler. For he who pursues excellence down the road the sacrifice is gentle. Some friends come along the journey, and parents are never far off. As I hone my skills to become a more productive part of society, my old self dies away. Like a snake I shed my skin. Old friends, some stranger due to the separation, but others reduced to a hello.
I am a part-time student at Harvard University, a gameplay programmer, and a graphics programmer by hobby. Aesthetics is a fundamental part of me, from the programs I develop to the way I live my life. I live in the USA and a second home in the UAE.
BMW reveal
BMW reveal is a visual design that embodies the essense of the ultimate driving machine. The design is based on simple visual concepts that expresses the qualities of power, speed, elegance and safety.
You can find out more information at: http://bmw.felixgonda.com
Shell
Shell is a 2D game that exercise various collision detection algorithms which includes line-line, circle-line, circle-circle, triangle-circle, and triangle-line intersections. The objective of the game is to protect the core of the shell by avoiding enemies (in red) using the shield and absorbing energy (in blue)
You can find out more information at: http://shell.felixgonda.com
Balance of Power
Balance of Power is an interactive visualization of US presidential and congressional elections. The software determines the composition of power in the US government and the strength of the major parties with the electorate. This is achieved by generating a visual, using area segmentation, that maps the power index of each party to a proportion of the screen area. Power index is computed as a measure of three factors:
- the presidency
- congress
- party identification
You can find out more information at: http://bop.felixgonda.com
Olympia
This is an interactive art/visualization of modern olympic games that I developed specifically for the games of the XXX olympiad. The central theme of the visualization is to encapulate the spirit of the games by representing all athletes that won atleast one medal in a rotating globe that sits on top of the olympic flame. You can find out more at: http://olympia.felixgonda.com
Hollywood Cinemetrics
HollywoodCinemetrics is a visualization of hollywood films released in the years 2008 - 2011. The software analyzes data set of films statistics and generates an art representing the degree of quality of each film. Each film is encoded in a string that varies from rough to straight line; with a straight line being a film with consistently high marks on each of the six dimensions analyzed. More info can be found at http://www.hollywoodcinemetrics.com
Synthaesia
Synthaesia is a visualization of the most popular music at last.fm. The software analyzes the popularity and recheability of the top artists and generates a connectivity graph based on the degree of similarity between artists. This graph is used to explore and discover music of interest. It is also a synthesizer that provides functionality to preview songs and animate graph and visual elements using the beats and frequencies of the song. More can be found at http://synthaesia.felixgonda.com
Game Visualizer
Game Visualizer is an interactive visualization written in processing language. Its is a visual guide for choosing a video game. More can be found here: http://www.gamevisualizer.com
Rain Simulator
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The Rain Simulator is a renderer written in OPENGL to illustrate rain in a night-time environment. The simulation tackles rain drops, rain splashes, lighting, sound effects and surface wetness as a result of rain impacts. The scene consists of an ambient light, three point lights of different color grade, a dynamic light, a set of blocks of different material properties, and a camera placed at a vantage point. Thunder storm and rain ambient sounds plays in the background, and rain drop sounds can also be heard randomly on drops. More can be found here: http://rain.felixgonda.com