Kolo

From REMAP

Kolo is an open source cross platform framework supporting the creation of physically interactive media-rich environments. Kolo seeks to address challenges faced by both novice authors and experienced developers by simplifying the process of creating networks of distributed input/output devices allowing them to be accessed in a consistent name space with a simple API, regardless of their location. Such networks can then be used as a platform for experimentation and for application development thereby supporting new performances, installations, and themed entertainment experiences. Kolo strives to support tools currently used by artists and can be used via a java API, a c++ library, a director plug in, max objects, and the Kolo specific scripting language Nebesko.

Development supported by:

  • National Science Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts

Related publications:

  • Jeff Burke, Jonathan Friedman, Eitan Mendelowitz, Heemin Park, Mani B. Srivastava. Embedding expression: Pervasive computing architecture for art and entertainment. Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing 2(1):1-36. pdf html
  • Eitan Mendelowitz and Jeff Burke. Kolo and Nebesko: A Distributed Media Control Framework for the Arts. First Intl. Conference on Distributed Frameworks for Multimedia Applications (DFMA ’05), February 6-9, 2005, Besançon, France. pdf


For more information, please contact Eitan Mendelowitz.

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