<s>
The	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
Light	O
Instrument	O
,	O
is	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Chuck	O
Henderson	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fishrock	O
Studios	O
for	O
creating	O
symmetrical	O
and	O
abstract	O
pattern	O
art	O
,	O
animations	O
and	O
real-time	O
user-generated	O
light-shows	O
much	O
like	O
a	O
mechanical	O
kaleidoscope	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaleidica	B-Application
creates	O
imagery	O
and	O
script-generated	O
animations	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
geometric	O
algorithms	O
that	O
arrange	O
arrays	O
of	O
images	O
or	O
animation	O
clips	O
in	O
various	O
user-determined	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composed	O
of	O
multiple	O
internal	O
"	O
studios	O
,	O
"	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
can	O
produce	O
patterns	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
kaleidoscope	B-Application
art	O
,	O
Arabic	O
tapestries	O
,	O
psychedelic	O
"	O
op-art	O
,	O
"	O
mandala	O
and	O
yantra	O
meditative	O
patterns	O
,	O
and	O
abstract	O
forms	O
akin	O
to	O
Kandinsky	O
or	O
Renoir	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaleidica	B-Application
uses	O
images	O
as	O
brushes	O
that	O
are	O
selected	O
from	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
image	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
light-show	O
mode	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
are	O
able	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
mouse	O
in-sync	O
with	O
music	O
and	O
simultaneously	O
manipulate	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
functions	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
to	O
Yantram	O
:	O
Sacred	O
Art	O
Toolbox	O
(	O
Published	O
in	O
2000	O
also	O
by	O
fishrock	O
studios	O
)	O
,	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
enables	O
users	O
to	O
record	O
and	O
play-back	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
symmetrical	O
art	O
,	O
effectively	O
creating	O
full-screen	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaleidica	B-Application
uses	O
single	O
images	O
and	O
loops	O
of	O
sequential	O
images	O
as	O
animated	O
brushes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
multiple	O
brush	O
strokes	O
are	O
applies	O
simultaneously	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
kaleidoscopic	O
variations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaleidica	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
studios	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
can	O
produce	O
a	O
distinct	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studios	O
inside	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
include	O
the	O
maze	O
studio	O
,	O
the	O
mirror	O
studio	O
,	O
the	O
star	O
studio	O
,	O
the	O
array	O
studio	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
kaleido	O
studio	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
Studios	O
the	O
same	O
brush	O
appears	O
multiple	O
times	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
each	O
brush	O
exactly	O
mimicking	O
the	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
upload	O
their	O
own	O
content	O
into	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
,	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
images	O
as	O
brushes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kaleidica	B-Application
website	O
sometimes	O
has	O
updated	O
brushes	O
and	O
studios	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
recent	O
Louvre	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
