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A constellation of 50 cloudlets that made up the “Cloud,” a networked sculpture that brings together technology and the arts for an interactive, community-created experience, transformed a central space of Welburn Square in Ballston, Virginia. The cloudlets emit light and sound in response to light and sound generated by other cloudlets, people, and the environment. Each cloudlet’s aluminum honeycomb and acrylic vessel contains a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, light sensors, microphone, multi-color LEDs, and a small speaker. These components are driven by a custom version of Virginia Tech’s Pd-L2Ork open source software for audio, video, and graphics processing.

Two affiliated faculty members from Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (http://www.icat.vt.edu/), Ivica Ico Bukvic, associate professor in the School of Performing Arts, and Aki Ishida, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, led the design and fabrication of the “Cloud” with a team of architecture and engineering students.

Bukvic and Ishida guided five community workshops, where 50 teams from businesses, organizations, and schools customized the behaviors of the cloudlets and placed them in Welburn Square. The “Cloud” grew cumulatively as more people joined and added their unique perspectives. There are four heights of cloudlets, each with its own color and sound properties.

More information can be found on Virginia Tech's website.
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/photo-galler...

Design Co-Directors
Ivica Ico Bukvic and Aki Ishida

Design Team
Suzanne Berry, Ciara Bucci, Hyun-Jun Cho, Corey Crist, Luke Dale, Zihan Hafiz, Zichun Huang, Christina LoConte, Runyu Ma, Siyu Zhang, Ge Zhou (All Architecture undergraduate students)
Zachary Miller (Engineering Science and Mechanics undergraduate student)
Omavi Walker (Computer Science undergraduate student)

Support Team
Alex Cleveland (Engineering alumnus)
Spencer Lee (Computer Science PhD student)



The project is funded by the Ballston Business Improvement District, and the following organizations from Virginia Tech: Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Institute for Society, Culture and Environment; Virginia Tech Research Center – Arlington; College of Architecture and Urban Studies; College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; Information Technology; and the School of Performing Arts. Sponsorship and in-kind donations are provided by the Hilton Arlington, Residence Inn Arlington Ballston, Modern Devices, Plascore Inc., and Holen Aluminum Products.