In the Chinese Lunar New Year of 2018, I participated in Intertrend's Year of the Dog Festival with Rumu Innovation. In this work, I used the YOLO algorithm to identify the person in front of the window, or the dog, based on the machine learning classification algorithm. Depends on the results of detection, the virtual digital dog shows different behavior to interact with the moving object in front of the window. Because of the above case, I began to think about a series of creative works.

"GoFunDog" applied AI technology to create a virtual "Fortune Dogs" program. Through a camera automatically detected the people passing by, Fortune Dogs would appear according to the number of people and perform lifelike actions like chasing, rolling or playing.

Every top of the hour, Fortune Dogs would bring a dazzling show to the crowd. Every moment of the "GoFunDog" was instantly generated by the program and never repeats itself, surprising people every time they see it.

Made With: Unity 3D, openFrameworks,LED Screen

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