The 101 Plays Itself
An interactive art project that transforms real-time traffic camera footage from the Los Angeles US-101 freeway into a generative music instrument. Computer vision detects vehicle lane-crossing events and maps them to musical notes, generating music in real time within a browser.
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The 101 Plays Itself is an interactive browser work that transforms real-time traffic camera footage from the Los Angeles US-101 freeway into an automatically playing instrument.
The project uses a single live Caltrans traffic camera on the US-101 freeway near Studio City, Los Angeles.
When a vehicle crosses a designated line in the frame, the project triggers a musical note, generating music in real time in the browser.
The 101 Plays Itself was created by Jay Judah.
The project is categorized under the Music and Cars tags, with only 1 comment.
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The 101 Plays Itself is an interactive browser work that transforms real-time traffic camera footage from the Los Angeles US-101 freeway into an automatically playing instrument.
50%UnverifiedThe project uses a single live Caltrans traffic camera on the US-101 freeway near Studio City, Los Angeles.
50%UnverifiedWhen a vehicle crosses a designated line in the frame, the project triggers a musical note, generating music in real time in the browser.
50%UnverifiedThe 101 Plays Itself was created by Jay Judah.
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