10.17.2009

Oculizer!

This is Spacializer--a glowing mass of orbs the swirl around each other and make synthetic sounds when you mouse over them. If it does anything more than that, I have yet to discern what that is. It doesn't clearly demonstrate anything about audio engineering, other than reminding us it exists, and that everything is assumed more entertaining when pretty lights are involved.

















Some more of that.

















This is the Oculus. I also have no idea what it really is or does, but it too consists of objects that orbit around each other producing synthetic sounds.


































You can move the yellow object, which is a mass of symbols, with your mouse and place it atop the big round thing with symbols.

















And this will frequently result in the yellow mass of symbols separating and surrounding the large round thing like a ring.

















Once that happens you can move these symbols individually and drag them over the large round thing, where often nothing will occur, and frequently they just sit as the round thing continues to rotate around its axis.


















But sometimes, i guess if the right symbol is placed just right, I really don't know, the round thing will open, hense its being named as an oculus i guess, revealing a very simplistic puzzle where you drag little square tiles with symbols so that they line up inside this shaft.

















At which point the object closes up, consuming the row of symbols,


















And then opens to reveal the same simplistic "puzzle" again. Hours of fun.

















These guys should collaborate and make a weird symbol thing that's kind of a puzzle but that is also illuminated and colorful, while continuing to produce odd sounds. Call it the Oculizer.