Elaborate control of the fruit machine’s own lights and buttons was made possible by the use of an 'EZIO' interface board. This communicates with a G4 PowerMac computer running Director, a multimedia authoring and controlling programme, and operates on two monitor screens.
The process's involved within the project: training a team of young people in the use of graphics and animation software, working with them in an ideas lab to create a series of ‘Icons of Desire’.
The hardware set up within the re-engineered fruit machine: powered by a two screen G4 PowerMac, running multimedia controlling ‘Director’ movie, interfacing with the fruit machine’s lights & buttons.
