Proposal 3

Research Topic: Interactive images + sound

Theme: Identity and sensors

Background: Usually people just make some drawings, take some pictures of their drawings, transfer those pictures to their personal computer, create a video by putting those entire pictures in one video and finally add some music.

Problem Identification: It’s just too much steps to combine drawings + music (sound) using common way to create a video (picture + music).

Aim and Objectives: Easy steps to produce image + sound at the same time. Users need to draw some patterns (most probably geometry shape) on a piece of paper and then show that patterns in front of the webcam. Later the webcam that has been setup together with the system will detect that patterns and plays a sound that synchronize with the patterns.

Motivation: I want users to be creative by trying this interactive application and explore something new and they can be experimental.

Ideation and Concept: Some technical stuff needed for this interactive application such as webcam and notebook to create the program for this application. Use some programming script to create the system.

Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies:

inkLamp from Sebastian Thielke on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/8013511

Design Approach: Simple geometry patterns and 8-bit music.

Proposal 2

Research Topic: Audio + Interactive Graphical Displays

Theme: Old story new media

Background: Users might have their own experience using mouse to interact with the interactive content and graphic in certain website. But now, they can use multi touch table as the medium to interact with the interactive application.

Problem Identification: Using mouse is kind of old style and users might be bored with it,users need to explore more about the current technology.

Aim and Objectives: Users need to be more experimental in their daily lifes. Some of them haven't got the chance to use/try multi touch table,so they might have different feelings after trying/using this interactive application.

Motivation: I want users to try out something new. Give them the courage to try something different instead of just using mouse to interact with when opening an interactive website, watch some motion graphic videos on You Tube, and so on which are just too common for now.

Ideation and Concept: Choose a song category from the list, when the song is playing, just placed your fingers on the DIY multi touch table. The graphical display will synchronize with the song and with your finger’s movements.

Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies:

Midimals from Georg Reil on Vimeo.

http://soytuaire.labuat.com/
www.hotel6to6.com
http://www.theirlastever.com/

Design Approach: Typography, and Vector images.

Proposal 1

Research Topic: Dripping water sequencer

Theme: Identity and sensors

Background: It is an interactive sound installation. Sound is produced when the water is dripping out of the bottles. The volume of sound, the tone of sound, the speed of the dripping water and etc can be controlled by changing the bottles’ position upside down in some holes that have been created.

Problem Identification: I wonder what did people do to control their anger, reduce their stress and so on in their everyday life, so that they'll feel some kind of sensation.

Aim and Objectives: This interactive sound installation is like some kind of water meditation (water therapy). People can feel so relaxing, calm, peace and harmony when hearing the sound of the dripping water (sound of waterfall, stream, waves, rain drops, garden fountain and so on). Water meditation can reduce mental chatter and promote relaxation.

Facts about water:
- Water cleanses our wounds; washes away our sins, tears bring us release and etc.
- Water washes away our negative thoughts and emotions and restores our state of peacefulness.
- Spiritual belief (baptism and holy waters).
- Central component of some religious.
- Buddhist value:- water symbolizes purity, clarity, and calmness, and reminds us to cleanse our minds and attain the state of purity.

Motivation: In my everyday life, sometimes I don’t know how to let go my stress, my anger and so on. I found out that meditation is the best way. Even some of the motivators have recommended meditation to their patient to reduce their stress.

Ideation and Concept: Sounds will be recorded earlier, and when the water drops on certain sensitive pad, sound will be played according to which sensitive pad that the water drops on.

Review, Analysis and Precedence Studies:

FINE COLLECTION OF CURIOUS SOUND OBJECTS from Georg Reil on Vimeo.

Water Cycle - Experimental Short - HV20 / GH1 from Matt Pringle on Vimeo.

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/12/water-drop-sequencer.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyzter/sets/129857/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Water-Meditation&id=4544392
http://vimeo.com/14117758
http://vimeo.com/10173262
http://healing.about.com/od/water/a/water_abbond.htm
http://www.chakrashower.com/
http://www.suite101.com/content/water-meditation-a177304

Design Approach: Bottles and holes will be placed on a bit higher position from the floor so that we can see the dripping water drops on the sensitive pad. Some electronic stuffs, technical parts and programming involve to play the recorded sound.

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