For the project, I decided to focus on three different types of empathy: cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, and empathetic concern. Initially, I was planning to show the conflicting themes in fantasy genres where all creatures are the same, or they acknowledge each others differences. However, I later changed the goal of the project to reflect…

Additions made: I added two little potted plants. I also added a little book on the lamp table and a card on the mantel. I added a 3.5 inch monitor to display my animations. They don’t show up well on the iPhone camera, so, I show the animations on my laptop screen as well. There…

Thanks to all these comments during class I finished my final revision of The Underappreciated Truth of City Expansion! The revised version has a better paint on the paper building, better numeric calculation of how many trees are being cut down, removed third-party logos, and overall stability and performance improvement. The MCU runs on my…

I completely changed around my interactive touch project, but here it is in all it’s glory! (UPDATES ARE ADDED AT THE END) My underappreciated truth was the strength and state of friendship, and in this case, especially between my Blep and Ece who I’ve mentioned previously. Below is a demo of the piece The background…

For my interactive touch project, you have an interface that offers 5 different instruments. Depending on which instrument you activate, you will hear segmented parts of the same song. Along with this, it will affect the object on screen to represent how 1 instrument has a significant affect on the song. How do you think…

For my Interactive Touch project, I decided to explore the ways with which we communicate with each other. To do so, I create an electric lyre with the Makey Makey and conductive string to play different tones. As the participant plays the instrument, a Unity application slowly reveals a poem to the user while animating…

My intentions with this particular project was to teach the values of shielding your mind and escaping from the pain of reality. The world can be filled with cruelty, and every human being must learn to cope and avoid the pain, even if it’s not a permanent solution. In this project, we are given the…

For my interactive art piece, I wanted to show the subtle beauties of autumn. At first I thought that I would make the controller out of various items that remind me of fall and the emotions associated with it, but in the end, I found myself using the hydrangeas that grow in my yard at…

My project for interactive touch, like the concept explores reality and how others’ perception can ground our own. The physical portion includes three faces with touch points on the eyes and ears. Each ear plays three notes, and each eye animates away a filter on a digital art piece. Once all the eyes have been…

Manic always dreamed of becoming a manikin for a spy organization, but through self doubts and feelings of never accomplishing their dream, Manic Caine joined the family business of being a crash test dummy. One bad rocket ship accident knocked their brain out, showing there was a fixated rock inside, now their brain is growing…

For my interactive touch project, I chose to do the topic of the benefits of being in a fraternity. I chose to go into detail about what I think are my top five benefits that I’ve gotten out of mine, which are Academics, Philanthropy, Brotherhood, Social, and Housing. For my input, I made five clay…

There are still a few technical problems to iron out, and I still want to see if I can spruce up the physical component’s aesthetic, but other than that it is relatively functional! I was never able to get that conductive clay, but I’ve found that using string still works very well and I think…

Concept: What I want to achieve through this installation is that I want to convey a feeling of synesthesia, that you can almost hear and see the taste of a drink. In fact, the whole idea of this piece came from one of my synesthesia experience. Due to COVID, I went back to my home…

The image below shows the physical interface for my project. The six wires (excluding the ground wire) correspond to the six main buttons on the Makey Makey. The task is for the user to provide inputs on the square interface according to what is shown on screen. Below footage below is a screen capture of…

My project is meant to showcase the underrepresented usefulness of the “pesky” dandelion! The user interacts with the model by pressing hidden screws around the flower petals and leaves to trigger the animation. The animation was created using Wick editor (this was my first time animating ahh) (also my video quality ruined itself, not sure…

My project explored the under-appreciated sense of touch! I provided a sample of contrasting textures to feel while associated animations play on the screen that show what that material reminds me of. For example, the soft feeling of the cotton ball reminds me of a cat’s fur. 🙂 For my animations, I chose to use…

The live interaction consists of a crane that controls when the animation moves. The crane is attached to one long wire. When the crane passes over a conductive spot on the wire, the animation plays the crane moving in the video. There is also a button to the side of the crane that allows for…

The final iteration of my interactive touch project has gone a long way since my original concept, although this iterative process only reinforced my chosen under-appreciated truth: Nothing is Holy! The inputs are 6 sensors, 5 for each digit and one to “power on” and “power off” the system. It is usable for either left…