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| Cocktail Grooves | ||
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| Author(s): | Pinky Magbanua Min-Jeong Kang |
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| Instructor: | Moeslinger, Sigi | |
| Class: | Designing for the Five Senses | |
| URL: | http://itp.nyu.edu/~mjk398/5senses/proposal.htm | |
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| Documents: | the final_picture(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | physical computing, bar scene, tilt sensor, IR sensor | |
| REINVENTING THE BAR SCENE: sights, sounds, cocktails in the mix. | ||
| Cocktail Grooves is created to promote and/or enhance entertainment and socialization at the bar scene. It transforms ordinary bartending into live beat/tune mixing for live entertainment and individualizes the client's space. Each drink, categorized by its color, will produce its own tune when poured and will light up the client's space/table accordingly. Mixing of these drinks will then trigger mixing of the different tunes, amidst ambient music. Further, the color mix produced by the final cocktail will be reflected on the client's table. With this unique experience as a springboard, clients are compelled to mingle and start conversations to relieve their curious and amused minds. | ||
| Background: | Cocktail/Sports bars are equated to nightlife. People seek the nightlife to see, to be seen, to be entertained. A typical bar in New York City boasts of party goers who are out there to drink, or get a free drink and for public exposure. You do not typically see bartender shows, because businesses need a fast turnover of drinks. Nowadays, the amount of entertainment and pleasure derived from the bar scene is dependent on enjoying your OWN company, on whether you get the chance to MEET new people, on whether you get offered FREE drinks, OR on whether you can afford to get yourself 'drunk' enough to even care. If you are single and not as aggressive in approaching people, your only option for entertainment is the company of your friends. What if none of your friends are available to hang out? You tend to avoid the bar night life since it will be difficult to enjoy. Now, how about if you are in a situation where you are obliged to spend time with unfamiliar people, such as having guests to entertain or being out on a blind date? You may need to work harder to entertain your company. Our goal is to transform the cocktail bar into MORE of an entertainment and interaction generating venue, without stalling typical bar operations. | |
| Audience: | Nightlife Party Goers --> young, single professionals | |
| User Scenario: | The client checks out the static bar menu which not only shows cocktail prices, but also reflects the colors of the raw drinks a particular cocktail comprises. The client then chooses to order French Martini, which, according to the menu, will have a dark red and orange color mix (raspberry liquer and orange juice), to match her deep red dress. As the bar tender prepares the drink, the surprised client is entertained by the tunes produced by her drink, by the bartender's movement along with the tunes, as well as the color/light display at the center of her bar table. As she places her completed drink on the table, her entire table lights up with orange and raspberry colors. The gentleman drinking beer from across the room notices this and approaches her. They start a conversation about this experience and together enjoy the Cocktail Grooves as others order their cocktails. | |
| Technical System Description: | For the show, we will be creating a replica of the entire concept. We will put up a 1-table bar, and four drinks with different colors. Each bottle will have a tilt sensor which will identify that particular color and trigger the bottle to produce a unique sound through MIDI. The shaker will have a piezo sensor, which when triggered, will produce a sound mix of the tunes of the drinks used, also through MIDI. The table will LEDs and El wires underneath for the light display. There will also be an IR sensor that will evaluate if the drink is on the table. The LEDs and El wires will light up according to the values from the different sensors. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de/en/projects/winter0405/main/bar.html Input from Sigi Moeslinger and Todd Houlobek | |