OK CODE -- the concept is that great things can happen from not stellar code.

Story -- After viewing OkGo's latest music video WTF, I made a rare post to twitter that the effect was cleverly executed and that I will recreate the effect with Processing so others can enjoy effect visually and hopefully spark some curiosity towards coding. I was then contacted in the morning by a member of OkGo's online strategy team asking if I can make the application I posted I would, and if I would be interested in making it with some features for their site.

Proposal -- Make your own music video competitions are pretty common these days, so my thoughts were to hold side by side competitions where the fans have access to the open source code and some simple guidance on how to make minor adjustments so there are different versions of the music video based on the visual effect, along side a competition to make your own using the same effect OkGo used. There are some limitations when it comes to Processing or Java apps and webcams, but I still plan to follow through putting up a site with focus on the code and hosting a collaboration of different realtime video effects. Coders are welcome, but ideally the focus would be for people new to coding and letting them know that possibilities are endless, even with just ok code!

Click for the feature on Makezine's Blog.

here is the app online www.okgo.net
or even quicker...
download for mac | download for pc | download for linux

if you are on a windows machine, here are a couple of extra instructions to make sure the app works:
1) make sure you have Quicktime installed
2) make sure you have Java installed
3) install this application WinVDIG <-- this version
4) enjoy the app :)