Two images of the physical interface. Footage of the project being played, showing both the digital output and the physical input. Screen capture of the project in action.

As part of my final project, I focused on the idea of “disconnection” between people and how they sometimes avoid talking to each other. I used the scenario of a person going home on the subway and trying to block out the outside world as a way of showing a basic example of how even…

At the end of last class I did want to add more effects, but through feedback and the confusion that people had with the physical reactions. I decided to improve the signifiers and hide the wires into a larger better box. I really liked how this turned out and I am ready to bring this…

Here is the update! After we had class, I started to add some of the outside paint and texturing to better show what I had envisioned. Originally, I was hoping to only need a few stones on the front to convey that the box was a piece of the wall. However, now seeing how it…

(There’s probably stuff about what happened in here people will not care for, but at least it’s honest) In short, nothing for this project went the way I was hoping. In long, I originally had this big idea of drawing paths that would simulate how well people know each other (this concept is better explained…

For the final project I decided to integrate the song Come Wayward Souls from Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall. The show relies on many themes relevant to the fall and Halloween. As a way to involve the theme of connection, a user, or multiple users can trigger multiple copies of the song to create…

My final project took a turn away from raymarching and into the vertex shader to create geometric shapes. The physical piece consists of a Makey Makey kit for touch points to spawn the formations, and an arduino slider and force sensor to edit their configuration. The piece is designed for two people, requiring one hand…

For my final project, I wanted to explore how we related and connect information with each other and the mediums we use to do so. In particular, I wanted to create a game similar to “Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes” in which one player must interact with a set of encoded information, and the other…

For my particular project, I decided to go with a very basic form of connection, that being the base sensation of touch. It’s the most simple connection a human being is capable of, and it holds quite a lot of power. It’s used to perform athletic feats, it allows the user to interact with the…

This term I’ve had a lot of fun integrating animation in with our interactive pieces and wanted to show that in my final project; I determined that for the theme of “connections” I would make short animations of ghosts tied by the red strings of fate and create a playboard to control what audio and…

The situation is escape room-like, where players have to interact with objects to unlock another part of the story. The project employs use of a picker object, the MakeyMakey, the Arduino UNO, and playlist objects showing the pictures that make up the visual novel. Connection is explored through players’ collaborative efforts. The program: There are…

For my Final Project, I have decided to go with the theme of Memories. The idea came to me when I began to think about how memories are not always what they seem to be, and everyone has a different perspective on how events played out. Usually a memory becomes more consistent and clear when…

So Why This Concept? “Connection” for me resonates with my ties to people. Regardless of who you meet in life, a connection is formed, and this idea is perfectly conveyed by the Chinese proverb my piece is centered around. “An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The…

In this final connection project, I wanted to show the connection between a person and their animal by giving both the animal and person a controller to play with. This project uses a Makey Makey, an arduino, and the camera. I wanted to make an experience that is mysterious but fun to interact with. I…

Concept: I & U & I could be interpreted literally. It is the connection between me and you, the audience. But this phrase could be interpreted in another way. In this project/ performance, I connect myself to the computer and become an extension of it. Also, I am connecting to the audience, or my user,…

In this project, the two people interacting each get one sensor to touch — one representing vertical and one representing horizontal movement on the screen. The screen displays the lines drawn by the users as well as a stencil they can try to trace. Pressing the spacebar on the keyboard removes all drawn lines and…

Throughout the prototyping and ideation of my final project, I wanted the physical constraint of an Arduino-based input to heavily influence what the function would be. Because of this, I was not entirely sure what exactly the users would do, other than interact with an audiovisualizer-driven environment. How It’s Made Construction around a microphone for…

For my final project, I wanted to explore the idea of fun little games that people used to play. In this case, I wanted it to resemble somewhat of a board game that you would play with your family, like when you are camping or on a vacation. I wanted to have the project represent…