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ndsvisuals (working title ...) is a system designed to loosen VJs from their stationary input devices, by equipping them with a wireless remote control - more precisely: a nintendoDS gaming console. by using all the features the nintendoDS provides (such as two screens, a touchscreen, wirless networking, ...) it enables VJs to control their visual performance from wherever they have a WLAN-connection to their notebook.

While the NintendoDS is only used as the user interface, the actual calculation of the video output is processed by a server application which is based on vvvv (www.vvvv.org), a "multipurpose toolkit for real time video synthesis".

ndsvisuals enables you to select, playback, mix and blend your footage by drag&drop, change color and opacity, or scratch your videos by moving the NintendoDS' stylus over the touchscreen.

Besides controlling videofiles, it is possible to include own vvvv-patches as plugins into your visual performance, which then can process all NintendoDS-Inputs and therefore can be fully controlled by ndsvisuals. stylus movement can be used e.g. to rotate a 3D-scene, control speed of movement, or simply draw onto the screen, just to name a few of the possibilities.

list of functions:

• display an overview of available footage as screenshots on the NintendoDS
• arrange footage on three layers by drag&drop
• change color/opacity of layers
• blend layers by using different blend modes
• scratch videofiles by moving the stylus over the touchscreen
• control playback speed
• include your own vvvv-patches as plugins, just by placing them into a specified directory and inserting a few special-named input nodes
• control the vvvv-patches directly with the NintendoDS
• combine videofiles and vvvv-patches
• change the opacity of all three layers by using a 2D-crossfader