Nature of Code Final Project

SynoScape:

Interactive Synonym Textscape

Haley Muramatsu

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Description

An immersive and interactive experience where users engage with evolving text, transforming words into a swirling visual display of synonyms.

graphic visualiser

& text as a seed

Continuing similar concept to final project last semester - flowfield music visualiser with text as a seed


Also similar to other projects from this semester

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Inspiration

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references

Swirling text concept by a designer @pepepepebrick on Instagram


Sketch by shawnpeters that creates a web of synonyms

Users can control the size of the letters by moving the mouse up and down, and the position of the spiral by moving the mouse left and right. Pressing the up arrow ‘freezes’ the size and spiral position.

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Process

Many different iterations of the sketch

Simple input bar and mouse controls

Next adding colors

Added the API for synonym-generating

Click-to-generate function


(https://api-ninjas.com/api/thesaurus

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NEXT STEPS

Changing with music


Something with umap-js


Genetic modification


Add forces


Voice recognition


Generate different fonts based word