Ars Electronica Festival · 2013

Descriptive Camera

by Matt Richardson

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2013

“Descriptive Camera” by Matt Richardson received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2013.

The _Descriptive Camera_ works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype uses crowd sourcing to output a text description of the scene.

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson (US) is an electronic artist working with networking, information display and electromechanics. Matt is also a contributing writer and video producer for _Make_ magazine and _Makezine.com_, covering creative uses of technology within the maker…

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