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Initially developed by MESO as an in-house tool to create real-time media installations, vvvv amassed a global community that continuously develops the visual programming software further. MESO, a key driver for avant-garde projects, produces many innovative installations with vvvv and engages in a mutually beneficial relationship with the creative software developers.
In-depth software engineering skills, playful experimentation, as well as a deep understanding of the design possibilities of 3D accelerated graphic cards led to the very first draft of vvvv. What followed was a concentrated process of five years of in-house programming, which formed the cornerstone of a visual programming language that would later captivate programmers and designers worldwide.
Being able to program in real-time and produce complex reactive media environments while operating on a graphical interface was the challenge set by the team of early vvvv developers Sebastian Oschatz, Max Wolf, Sebastian Gregor, and Joreg.
Today, use of vvvv has spread worldwide and it is a widely-used professional tool from VJ-sets to product prototypes, from artistic projects to award-winning automotive presentations on international trade fairs. Over the past decade, design as well as art affiliated disciplines have profited from an extended repertoire of digital tools and rising technologies, with vvvv being one of the trendsetters in the field of creative coding. This is due in part to its graphical interface, which makes it appealing for designers who are used to iterative solutions.
vvvv 2.0 consists of various high-performance graphic modules for creative expression which are parameterized by the Inspector Window. Different presets can be triggered and assigned to input channels, resulting in a semi-flexible but quite powerful system. Parameterization is done in real-time, but even slight changes in the objects require a recompile
In 2017 the vvvv group presents the next tool: Visual Language (VL). VL takes vvvv one step further by creating a full fledged .NET based visual language in a real-time environment. The next generation of coders is already growing up...