visualisers
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Probably the Weirdest Way to Visualise Music Yet
9:00AM Jesus Diaz | After his debut, Daito Manabe decided it was time to torture four of his friends by connecting them to his Face Visualiser—a player which stimulates facial muscles using electrodes. The resulting video is funny. More »
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Innovations in Visualiser Technology: Electroshock Your Face
2:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | Sure, iTunes’ new visualiser is pretty, but you can’t compete with the visceral, hypnotising weirdness of Daito Manabe’s facial electric stimulus. He tapes electric stimulators, looking like the same type used for electroshock therapy, to his face, and syncs them with his music so his involuntary facial contortions match up with the tune. Shots of the machine he used after the jump. More »
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How to Get the Real Magnetosphere Visualiser in iTunes
10:54AM Jason Chen | Apple may have absorbed the super-neato Magnetosphere visualiser into iTunes, but they did make some tweaks in their Borging process. Just like those Picard-obsessed skinjobs, the iTunes version is obsessed with planets and launching millions of photon torpedoes into them. The original, seen here, has more sparklies and lines, which is quite a bit of a different feel than the one you already have. Unfortunately Magnetosphere download links have been taken down everywhere, but we managed to find one linked to on the official site. If those go down, we’ve got a Mac Mirror and Windows Mirror too. Enjoy. More »
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