Final Documentation – The pet connector

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 to others and show off something that I am proud of.

I had difficulty programming at first and some people were late in sending me all of the videos that I needed of their pets. But everything turned out in the end and I think I have found a new passion. I really like doing artistic coding with css and having the ability to tie it to the real world now is just mind opening.

I wanted to show off everything we learned from Arduino, Makey Makey, and Camera inputs to make connections with both. I wanted each player to have an equal amount of power while playing and I think with the updates I made after class that I have accomplished that. Also as a random tangent, for one day I was figuring out how to seamlessly make nine video playlists interact with one another and it took me until the end of that day to figure out I only needed one playlist.

Below I show off the project with demos and VOs of what is happening. This was the first time I ever used Adobe Premiere or any advanced video editor so any helpful hints on how to improve the video with Adobe Premiere tips would be greatly appreciated.

I put the objects in conductive aluminum outfits and put paper labels on the arduino sensors, I also made the pet toy less chaotic and more fluid but adjusting the scale. I changed the song to an artist who I really like who is from the same country my ancestors came to America from, Belgium. The artist name is Stromae and I will leave links down below.

(Used in pet connector, not copyrighted).
(Original song)

It was very cool to see everyone have a different style of completing the projects and it was inspiring seeing everything become more and more interactive.

2 Comments Add yours

  1. Kaamil says:

    This project was great, nice effects and interactions.

    1. Kaamil says:

      The visuals on the camera were especially eye catching with different pets.

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