1 .TH Interaggregate 1 "08-Oct-04" "X Version 11"
3 interaggregate - Visualize the momentary and aggregate intersections
4 between slowly moving circles.
7 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
8 [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
9 [\-background \fIcolor\fP]
10 [\-num\-discs \fIdisc count\fP]
11 [\-draw\-delay \fIdelayms\fP]
12 [\-max\-riders \fImaxr\fP]
13 [\-max\-radius \fImaxradius\fP]
15 The Intersection Aggregate is a fun visualization defining the relationships
16 between objects with Casey Reas, William Ngan, and Robert Hodgin. Commissioned
17 for display at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
19 A surface filled with 100 medium to small sized circles. Each circle has a
20 different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate. Display:
22 A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles.
23 B. The aggregate intersections of the circles.
25 Ported to XScreensaver from the art project "InterAggregate" at
26 http://www.complexification.net by J.Tarbell
29 accepts the following options:
31 .B \-num\-discs \fIdisc count\fP (Default: \fI85\fP)
32 Number of slowly moving and growing discs to use. The more discs,
35 .B \-draw\-delay \fIdelayms\fP (Default: \fI30000\fP)
36 Delay in ms between drawing cycles. More delay, slower (but smoother
37 and less CPU intensive.)
40 .B \-max\-riders \fImaxrider\fP (Default: \fI40\fP)
41 Maximum number of 'riders', single dots moving around the edge of the discs.
43 .B \-max\-radius \fImaxradius\fP (Default: \fI100\fP)
44 Maximum possible radius of a disc.
50 to get the default host and display number.
53 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
54 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
59 Setting the background to anything besides black confuses the intensity
60 algorithm and will look terrible.
65 Copyright \(co 2003 by J. Tarbell
66 (complex@complexification.net, http://www.complexification.net).
68 Ported to XScreensaver 2005 by David Agraz.
70 J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun-03
72 David Agraz <dagraz@mindspring.com>, Apr-05.