<s>
DIPS	B-Application
(	O
Digital	B-Algorithm
Image	I-Algorithm
Processing	I-Algorithm
with	O
Sound	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
plug-in	O
objects	O
that	O
handle	O
real-time	O
digital	B-Algorithm
image	I-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
in	O
Max/MSP	B-Application
programming	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
with	O
the	O
built-in	O
objects	O
of	O
the	O
environment	O
,	O
DIPS	B-Application
enables	O
to	O
program	O
the	O
interaction	O
between	O
audio	O
and	O
visual	O
events	O
with	O
ease	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
realization	O
of	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
art	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
interactive	O
computer	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIPS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
plug-in	O
software	O
(	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
external	O
objects	O
)	O
for	O
Max/MSP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
designing	O
of	O
the	O
interaction	O
between	O
sound	O
and	O
visual	O
events	O
in	O
Max	O
using	O
Apple	O
’s	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
OpenCV	B-Language
technologies	O
,	O
and	O
consequently	O
,	O
provides	O
a	O
powerful	O
and	O
user-friendly	O
programming	O
environment	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIPS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
detect	O
a	O
performer	O
’s	O
motions	O
and	O
to	O
track	O
positions	O
of	O
subtle	O
details	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
face	O
,	O
mouth	O
,	O
and	O
eyes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
measure	O
the	O
distance	O
between	O
objects	O
and	O
a	O
Kinect	O
sensor	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
powerful	O
tools	O
for	O
realtime	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
of	O
incoming	O
video	O
stream	O
and	O
stored	O
movie	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DIPS	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
300	O
Max	O
external	O
objects	O
and	O
abstractions	O
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
set	O
of	O
sample	O
patches	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
detailed	O
tutorial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
programming	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
likely	O
that	O
one	O
will	O
soon	O
acquire	O
skills	O
needed	O
to	O
create	O
state-of-the-art	O
interactive	O
performance	O
works	O
,	O
multimedia	O
installations	O
,	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
artworks	O
,	O
and	O
Max	O
VJ	O
applications	O
using	O
DIPS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
developed	O
by	O
Shu	O
Matsuda	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
DIPS	B-Application
was	O
a	O
plug-in	O
software	O
for	O
Max/FTS	O
running	O
on	O
SGI	B-Device
Octane	I-Device
and	O
O2	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2000	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
DIPS	B-Application
Development	O
Group	O
supervised	O
by	O
Takayuki	O
Rai	O
.	O
</s>
