Cohort

Cohort is a code framework that helps artists and activists use smartphones to run interesting events for groups of people. The project is administered by adelheid dance projects.


Cohort has been used on projects like:



Image of dancers in movement from LOT X. Photography by Jeremy Mimnagh

LOT X

An indoor+outdoor full-length contemporary dance work by adelheid dance projects

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Image of audience with headset on from Cafe Sarajevo. Photography by Cameron Davis.

Café Sarajevo

An immersive, participatory theatre work created by bluemouth inc.

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FluxDelux participants at Nathan Phillips Square as part of the Parapan Am Games, 2015. Photography by Nicole Myers.

FluxDelux

A fully-accessible live multiplayer dance game created by Peggy Baker Dance Projects.

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Image of participants looking at each other through fence. Photography by Alaric Johnson.

Overhear

A multi-city 'pod-play' where audiences hear real-life stories while being guided around a city. Created by It's Not a Box Theatre

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Image of dancers performing a duet from Jacqueries. Photography by Vish Hansa.

Jacqueries

A parkour-inspired immersive heist story created by Jacob Niedzwiecki.

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About Cohort



Cohort is maintained by Jacob Niedzwiecki . It consists of a Node+Express server and client packages for iOS (ObjC & Swift), web (JS), and Unity (C#). Sound, video, and AR content can be cued on clients from QLab or the Cohort web platform. Features currently under development include push notifications, geolocation, and VR/360 video.

Who's Who at Cohort

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Jacob Niedzwiecki

Lead Developer

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Nabeel Kassam

Producer/Project Manager

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Luke Garwood

Assistant Developer

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Amanda Baker

Quality Assurance

Using Cohort


If you're a technical / code-writing person, there are links to our repositories below. Otherwise, write us at cohortrocks [at] gmail [dot] com and tell us a bit about your project, or reach out to Jacob on Twitter!

Code Links and Documentation



Link to Cohort Server
Link to Cohort OSC Bridge
Link to API Documentation