Ever found yourself in the situation that you stumble upon some of your old patches and remember what crazy things you've been working on..but just never finished? And nobody ever saw it? The new wip forum category is all about those unfinished, works in progress.

So far, wip-teasers have often landed among the screenshots of the day where they are soon fading into history, so here is an attempt to put a bit of a spotlight on all those hidden treasures which could be anything like:

• just a doodle that looks freaky
• a sketch from a top-secret personal or commercial project
• research into a specific topic
• first attempts on a set of nodes for vvvv or vl

Call To Action

Whenever you're working on such a thing now, consider (not too long really, just do it!) starting a thread in the new , add a few words, thoughts where this could or should go, add an image or even an animated gif without the need to release the actual thing. Still bonus points for git(hub) links of course...

Then simply update the thread as you go along instead of starting multiple threads on the same wip. And maybe, if you get enough encouraging comments by fellow patchers this could be motivating to put some more time into it. Or maybe you're looking for collaborators and such a thread could help you find them.

And Please

Don't use the terms "vvvv" or "vl" in a threads topic, simply use the tags vvvv or vl (or both if applicable) to allow everyone to filter the category by those.

Happy Patching!

previously on vvvv: vvvvhat happened in June 2017

so where were we? time flies..so many things you should know about..let's see

NODE17

two month have past since NODE17 and still things are trickling in:

• while at NODE mino did an interview with oschatz about meso, vvvv and related stuff: click to listen!
• revolution consultant kathia did a report on NODE in the july edition of the c-radar podcast (german)
• as of this writing the keynode17 video has 1970 views with 47 upvotes and not a single downvote. you can still be the first..

• somthing in japanese
• tons of beautiful memories are now up on Flickr and there is a NODE17 group where we hope some of you will share their own
• workshop materials are coming slowly. please share yours!
• you can safely get excited already: schnellebuntebilder are about to release their excellent recordings of many of the workshops..

VL

glad you asked..so good actually! we noticed already at NODE that interest in it was bigger than we'd have hoped for. some of our VL workshops had 60! people attending. after the convincing presentations by sebl, lasal and dottore (recorded only in our minds) it is now good to see more and more people starting to really use it, judging by the recent increased number of related questions on the forum. a lot vl-talk is also happening on the chat where everyone is very welcome to hang out with fellow patcherpeople.

we finally have alpha-builds in both x86 and x64 stable again and are still working on fine-tuning the node-importing elias demoed at the keynode. status: it is basically finished and only needs some beauty-tweaks here and there. in fact all of vl's libraries are using the feature already in alpha builds and we couldn't be more happy with how it turned out. using .net libraries in a visual programming envvvvironment has never been easier (citation needed!).

check out sebls proof of concept of using OpencvSharp in vl without writing a single line of code. magic? mhm... having troubles getting a library to work in vl? we'd love to help you! please get in contact via the forum or chat..

documentation is progressing continuously. latest chapters added:

• Writing Nodes Using C#
• Importing Nodes From .Net Libraries

Contributions

you'd think there is a summerbreak but far from...once again we got an amazing round of new contributions, check these:

• Ableton Link by soriak
• Boolean Geometry by digitalwannabe
• LUTZ by princemio
• Izpi Ibiltzen - Raymarching by evvvvil
• Large PLY DX11 Pointcloud Reader by andresc4
• vvvv2blender (camera) by nissidis

also:

• lasal updated his ParaLib.
• the timpernagel is teasing us

Education

the vvvv.Academy has just started into its first term with 9 students meeting up with dominikKoller once a week to get an intensive vvvv treatment. we're looking forward to seeing their progress..

in case you're bored in berlin right now there is a 3 day Parametric Design with Cardboard in vvvv workshop by lasal starting tomorrow (August 3).

a little reminder: this friday: CreativeCodeBerlin Meetup

and in case you're up for a residency on the cozy island of tenerife in november check this Open Call by io with a deadline of August 31.

Gallery

first up massive thanks to dominikKoller for digging through the large amount of projects that have been realized using vvvv over the past years and creating this parutiful showcase page:

100+ Selected vvvv Projects

then learn from the below how you properly document your projects. very well done:

and a 3d Virtual Tour done in vvvv.js by 4Fx.

Blast from the past

remember NODE08 when we first met defetto and dottore and they were already way ahead with what they were doing? check an extensive documentation of their project WiiWiiWiiWii which they demonstrated back then. good find robotanton!

anything to add? please do so in the comments.
Gut Patch!

Who wisp
When Sat, Jul 15th 2017 - 13:00 until Sun, Jul 23rd 2017 - 20:00
Where Kontor 80, Leipzig, Germany

Wisp Laboratory is an intense week of setting up a 3D Audio & 360° Video system together with participants in Kontor 80, Leipzig.
We are experimenting with a 3D audio and 360° video setup and the Lab resumes in final performances and concerts on Sunday 23rd of July, where different shows and projects are presented in a public event.

3D AUDIO & 360° VISUAL CONCERTS & PERFORMANCES

You are invited to participate in the next days and be part with a concert, performance whatsoever!
Please write us to workshop@wisp-kollektiv.de if you want to participate with your own project

hola compañeros,

here is the place to collect and find materials handed out during the NODE17 workshops. Still more to come...

Audio

VAudio Basics
Description, Video

All NODE17 contributions in one place.
All NODE17 videos in one place.

Looking for NODE15 material? Check this: NODE15 workshop material