Gisle Martens Meyer, a media artist and musician who performs as Ugress, has been using Kosada's audiovisual software, Vuo, to create video effects for his live performances. When Gisle wanted to extend his visual repertoire with a particular retro video game effect, he hired Kosada to develop new features in Vuo to support his work.

Gisle had devised a visual effect evoking 16-bit video games that he used in video production, but the process was labor-intensive and not suitable for live shows. He saw the potential to overcome these barriers by using Vuo, and reached out to Kosada with a proposal for new image processors for the effect. In the first phase of the project, Kosada automated Gisle's workflow in Vuo so that he could use it in live performances. In the second phase, Kosada added more options to the visual effect, using GPU optimization techniques to process large images in real time.

Vuo is a macOS application used by audiovisual performers like Gisle as well as a wide range of other creative technology professionals and tinkerers. With the ability to integrate real-time graphics, data over networks, human interface devices, professional video equipment, stage lighting equipment, and more, Vuo empowers users to build complex systems without writing code.

As a research and development project, Vuo has led Kosada's team into uncharted territory. They've solved difficult problems with integrating third-party libraries, reverse-engineering undocumented APIs, managing shared resources in a multiprocess environment, and debugging multithreaded software. Working with Vuo's almost 300,000 lines of code, in a codebase that has been continually developed since 2012, Kosada's developers have gained valuable experience with API design and automated testing.

Kosada offers a free open-source version of Vuo, a paid version with advanced features, and custom development services.